Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 60% Gunboat	Workstation 21% 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 49.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	54.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	39.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (64%). 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 Core i3 550-$110 19,058 User benchmarks, average bench 47% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	49.5% Average	Memory 66.9 1-Core 67.9 2-Core 109 50% 81.3 Pts	4-Core 188 8-Core 183 25% 186 Pts	64-Core 184 11% 184 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Lighting 68.2 Reflection 69.8 Parallax 68.4 56% 68.8 fps	MRender 74.2 Gravity 65.7 Splatting 56.8 53% 65.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston V300S37A120G 120GB 83 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0921A SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 128 140 142 142 143 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	39.1% Below average	Read 189 Write 130 Mixed 116 SusWrite 136 32% 143 MB/s	4K Read 12.1 4K Write 51.7 4K Mixed 10.5 59% 24.8 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 58.1 64% 107 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 52%
Toshiba DT01ABA200V 2TB 2,433 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 6GB free Firmware: MZ4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 78 77 78 78 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	43.7% Average	Read 74.6 Write 76.8 Mixed 20.9 SusWrite 77.4 45% 62.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 125% 1 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 11,344 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.2% Poor	MC Read 8.8 MC Write 8.3 MC Mixed 11.9 28% 9.67 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 5.4 SC Mixed 5.8 16% 5.63 GB/s	Latency 109 37% 109 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 63%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 47%

Yacht

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

GPU
GeForce 315NvidiaBench 2%, 2,008 samples	20x
HD Graphics (Clarkdale 0.733/0.9 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 20,588 samples	13x
GeForce GT 320NvidiaBench 3%, 2,109 samples	13x

RAM
M378B5673FH0-CH9 2x2GBUnknownBench 29%, 785 samples	5x
CT51264BD160B.C16F 4x4GBCrucialBench 50%, 640 samples	4x
GU512303EP0202 2x2GBUnknownBench 27%, 1,099 samples	4x

Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $138

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