Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 73%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	29.2% 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	89.3% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	73% Very good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 97.7 2-Core 179 73% 123 Pts	4-Core 294 8-Core 472 47% 383 Pts	64-Core 478 30% 478 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Sapphire(174B E241) 2GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	29.2% Poor	Lighting 37 Reflection 33.4 Parallax 48.7 30% 39.7 fps	MRender 28.9 Gravity 31 Splatting 38.1 27% 32.6 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 256GB-$400 12,355 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 409 408 406 410 394 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Read 364 Write 413 Mixed 252 SusWrite 405 81% 358 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 81.7 4K Mixed 29.9 116% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 317 242% 326 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 106%
OCZ Vertex 4 256GB-$400 12,355 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 60GB free Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 399 410 409 407 405 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Read 433 Write 414 Mixed 275 SusWrite 406 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 85.5 4K Mixed 30.2 120% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 315 240% 324 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 106%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 762GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 98 99 101 100 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 106 Write 52 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 99.9 59% 80.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1866 C9 3x4GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 3 of 8 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 30.3 MC Mixed 28 85% 29.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 12.6 SC Mixed 12 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 78%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 53%

Yacht

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	33x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	32x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 8x4GBKingstonBench 86%, 505 samples	20x

Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $881

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16