Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 68.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	26.1% 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	49.2% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 860-$320 51,451 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1156, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Memory 93.1 1-Core 86.5 2-Core 162 69% 114 Pts	4-Core 248 8-Core 327 37% 287 Pts	64-Core 312 19% 312 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6519 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26.1% Poor	Lighting 32.8 Reflection 32.2 Parallax 29.3 27% 31.4 fps	MRender 37.8 Gravity 29.9 Splatting 25.7 25% 31.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 26.1% Great: 54%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
ssd 160GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: PIO DMA 16 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.2% Average	Read 494 Write 168 Mixed 207 63% 290 MB/s	4K Read 4.19 4K Write 32.8 4K Mixed 8.85 35% 15.3 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 99.9 DQ Mixed 52.9 76% 146 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 12GB 85,415 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	41% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 12.4 MC Mixed 11.3 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 13.3 SC Mixed 12.2 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 50%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Gunboat

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

GPU
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	24x
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	22x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	19x

Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $125

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16