Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	25% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (71%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon X5660 6,950 User benchmarks, average bench 71% LGA1366, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.15 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Memory 92.9 1-Core 78.8 2-Core 158 67% 110 Pts	4-Core 294 8-Core 454 46% 374 Pts	64-Core 597 37% 597 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 854D) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.12 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	25% Poor	Lighting 31.9 Reflection 34.5 Parallax 26.7 26% 31 fps	MRender 32.8 Gravity 33.7 Splatting 21.4 23% 29.3 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 25% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 162GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 27 21 28 26 54 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	29.2% Poor	Read 71.2 Write 67.2 Mixed 44.3 SusWrite 30.1 39% 53.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 65%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 184GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 30 24 33 29 55 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	39% Below average	Read 102 Write 103 Mixed 61 SusWrite 33.6 55% 74.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 69%
Hitachi HDT725050VLA360 500GB-$159 3,335 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 169GB free Firmware: V56OA73A SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 59 61 61 60 61 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	35% Below average	Read 61 Write 56.8 Mixed 31 SusWrite 60.7 38% 52.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6x2GB 38,297 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 6 of 6 slots used 12GB DIMM Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	42.7% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 15.8 43% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 9.9 26% 9.03 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 59%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $177

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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