Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 67.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	19.3% 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	72% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3-$209 19,313 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Memory 81 1-Core 102 2-Core 180 70% 121 Pts	4-Core 297 8-Core 411 45% 354 Pts	64-Core 494 31% 494 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Nvidia(10DE 1131) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 460.89 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	19.3% Very poor	Lighting 14.8 Reflection 108 Parallax 66.8 12% 63.1 fps	MRender 71.3 Gravity 68.1 Splatting 0.2 33% 46.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X300 128GB-$170 2,748 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 104 93 96 90 30 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	72% Very good	Read 360 Write 142 Mixed 230 SusWrite 93.6 46% 206 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 78 4K Mixed 35.4 131% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 202 167% 241 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 92%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: ACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 168 168 166 168 167 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Read 140 Write 147 Mixed 34 SusWrite 167 88% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 170% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 108%
WD Green 500GB (2012) 31,295 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 338GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 136 139 139 139 139 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Read 139 Write 131 Mixed 80.1 SusWrite 138 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 188% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMX4GX3M1A1333C9 0622 DDR3-1600 CL10 8GB 0215 CMX4GX3M1A1333C9 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1333, 1600, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	26% Poor	MC Read 8.8 MC Write 8.8 MC Mixed 7.1 24% 8.23 GB/s	SC Read 7.3 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 7.2 22% 7.63 GB/s	Latency 78.6 51% 78.6 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 30%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 65%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	34x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	25x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	24x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	19x
SATA SSD 480GBKioxia-exceriaBench 78%, 7,893 samples	15x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	13x

RAM
BLT4G3D1608DT1TX0. 4x4GBCrucialBench 53%, 1,688 samples	13x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	11x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	8x

Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $7,994

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