Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 67.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	20.6% 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	21.5% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 860-$339 51,451 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1156, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	67.6% Good	Memory 94.3 1-Core 82.3 2-Core 148 67% 108 Pts	4-Core 223 8-Core 340 35% 282 Pts	64-Core 366 23% 366 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5870 10,176 User benchmarks, average bench 19% MSI(1462 2100) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	20.6% Poor	Lighting 28.5 Reflection 15.6 Parallax 26.5 23% 23.5 fps	MRender 13 Gravity 22.2 Splatting 20.1 15% 18.5 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 20.6% Great: 20%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 132GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 39 29 48 33 35 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	21.5% Poor	Read 130 Write 81.8 Mixed 39.8 SusWrite 38.4 16% 72.6 MB/s	4K Read 16 4K Write 15.6 4K Mixed 9.5 45% 13.7 MB/s	DQ Read 13.7 DQ Write 13.9 DQ Mixed 11.7 9% 13.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 47GB free Firmware: HP64 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 44 33 50 34 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	31.3% Below average	Read 67.2 Write 20 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 41.7 32% 42.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	42.3% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 13.3 40% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 10.5 SC Mixed 12.4 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 59.1 68% 59.1 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 54%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 70%

Battleship

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $159

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16