Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 56.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	34.4% 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	73.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$90 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Memory 79.3 1-Core 66.3 2-Core 109 54% 84.9 Pts	4-Core 196 8-Core 201 26% 198 Pts	64-Core 261 16% 261 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Device(1B4C 1138) 2GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	34.4% Below average	Lighting 44.4 Reflection 44.7 Parallax 39.5 36% 42.9 fps	MRender 39.6 Gravity 41 Splatting 34.4 31% 38.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
MZD SCSI Disk 0000 73GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: ? SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.7 6.8 9.2 7 12 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	73.9% Very good	Read 314 Write 44.5 Mixed 415 SusWrite 8.4 43% 195 MB/s	4K Read 57.5 4K Write 57.2 4K Mixed 51.3 183% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 97.1 DQ Write 94.3 DQ Mixed 98.2 73% 96.5 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 104%
MZD SCSI Disk 0001 2TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 244GB free Firmware: ? SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.7 6.8 9.2 7 12 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	75.9% Very good	Read 467 Write 131 Mixed 502 SusWrite 8.4 61% 277 MB/s	4K Read 57.3 4K Write 36.1 4K Mixed 49.2 169% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 95.7 DQ Write 97 DQ Mixed 99.6 74% 97.4 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 103%
MZD SCSI Disk 0002 2TB 122GB free Firmware: ? SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.7 6.8 9.2 7 12 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	86.5% Excellent	Read 531 Write 270 Mixed 540 SusWrite 8.4 75% 337 MB/s	4K Read 60.6 4K Write 56 4K Mixed 57 194% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 98.6 DQ Write 95.8 DQ Mixed 99.3 74% 97.9 MB/s

MZD SCSI Disk 0003 240GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 75GB free Firmware: ? SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.7 6.8 9.2 6.9 12 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Poor: 5% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-058.A 9905471-021.A 12GB 800, 667 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	39.4% Below average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 12.5 MC Mixed 13.9 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 7.6 SC Mixed 10.2 25% 8.67 GB/s	Latency 81.9 49% 81.9 ns

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	23x
MX500 1TBCrucial $88Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	8x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	8x

Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16