Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 68.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	30.1% 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	48.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4170-$59 48,178 User benchmarks, average bench 57% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	68.5% Good	Memory 92.3 1-Core 105 2-Core 136 70% 111 Pts	4-Core 257 8-Core 280 35% 269 Pts	64-Core 285 18% 285 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 8C97) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.1% Below average	Lighting 37.3 Reflection 27.5 Parallax 34 30% 32.9 fps	MRender 38.2 Gravity 35.6 Splatting 35.1 30% 36.3 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: B1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 47 20 80 69 22 MB/s Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	48.6% Average	Read 114 Write 63.7 Mixed 194 SusWrite 62.8 24% 109 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 73.4 4K Mixed 26.4 102% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 218 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 117 111% 174 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 671GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 127 131 131 127 131 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Read 160 Write 158 Mixed 95.6 SusWrite 130 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 234% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 99U5584-005.A00LF 12GB 69 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 15.6 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 17.1 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 52%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 58%

Gunboat

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD Graphics (G4 Pentium/Celeron 1.05/1.15 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 43,454 samples	130x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	119x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples	86x

Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $222

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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