Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	20.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	93.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600S-$235 3,026 User benchmarks, average bench 67% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 99.7 2-Core 180 74% 124 Pts	4-Core 315 8-Core 445 48% 380 Pts	64-Core 443 27% 443 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Nvidia(10DE 0995) 2GB CLim: 1215 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	20.7% Poor	Lighting 24.1 Reflection 23.7 Parallax 30.2 20% 26 fps	MRender 33.1 Gravity 28 Splatting 24.6 23% 28.6 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: OC34L5TA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 414 438 390 408 403 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Read 980 Write 532 Mixed 200 SusWrite 400 116% 528 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 26.6 4K Mixed 21.2 81% 24.8 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 22.5 DQ Mixed 30.3 43% 85.6 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 159%
Intel 510 Series 120GB 2,171 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 112GB free Firmware: PPG4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 118 133 131 132 133 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	42.6% Average	Read 257 Write 195 Mixed 194 SusWrite 127 43% 193 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 31.4 4K Mixed 19.7 69% 23 MB/s	DQ Read 83 DQ Write 61 DQ Mixed 44.2 41% 62.7 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 801GB free Firmware: CC4C SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 118 131 134 136 135 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Read 150 Write 94 Mixed 74.5 SusWrite 124 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 141% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C11 2x8GB 4,192 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	50.1% Above average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 15.5 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 15.2 44% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 59%

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 38%

Jet ski

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

Sail boat

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	76x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	70x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	67x

Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $989

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16