Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 67.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	28.3% 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	55.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (60%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3450-$59 34,199 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Memory 75.9 1-Core 91.5 2-Core 181 67% 116 Pts	4-Core 343 8-Core 349 46% 346 Pts	64-Core 356 22% 356 Pts
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% PwrHis(1787 2328) 2GB CLim: 975 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 21.5.1 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	28.3% Poor	Lighting 37.2 Reflection 35.8 Parallax 48.7 30% 40.6 fps	MRender 30.1 Gravity 37 Splatting 24.6 24% 30.6 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 103 56 32 62 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	Read 402 Write 171 Mixed 74.2 SusWrite 60.6 38% 177 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 33.2 4K Mixed 28.6 84% 27.3 MB/s	DQ Read 226 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 73.6 90% 158 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 298GB free Firmware: 3.ADG SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 72 73 75 75 75 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	42.4% Average	Read 73.6 Write 74.2 Mixed 47.6 SusWrite 74.1 50% 67.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GB 11,003 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	49.4% Average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 16.3 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 13.2 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 88.4 45% 88.4 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 54%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 25%

Raft

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

RAM
DDR3 1600 2OZ Kingston 99U5403-067.A00LF Kingston 99U5403-067.A00LF 16GBUnknownBench 59%, 9 samples	9x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	7x
1600 CL9 Series 3x8GBUnknownBench 48%, 44 samples	6x

Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $456

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