Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 60% Gunboat	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 51.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	31.9% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3 540-$60 24,563 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Socket 1156, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.05 GHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Memory 70.3 1-Core 76.2 2-Core 136 56% 94.1 Pts	4-Core 192 8-Core 192 26% 192 Pts	64-Core 193 12% 193 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 52%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3205) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31.9% Below average	Lighting 47.8 Reflection 45.6 Parallax 41.2 39% 44.9 fps	MRender 9.29 Gravity 33.1 Splatting 22.6 18% 21.7 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 36%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 406GB free (System drive) Firmware: KC66 SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 36 40 43 50 54 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	26.5% Poor	Read 49.7 Write 40 Mixed 33 SusWrite 42.7 30% 41.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.4 64% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 26.5% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	28.8% Poor	MC Read 9.6 MC Write 8.3 MC Mixed 12 28% 9.97 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 6 SC Mixed 7.5 20% 7 GB/s	Latency 101 40% 101 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 45%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 70%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 16%

Surfboard

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	15x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	13x
GeForce GT 240NvidiaBench 4%, 11,020 samples	13x

Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $169

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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