Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	33.2% 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	42.3% 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.

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3550-$335 23,599 User benchmarks, average bench 69% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 83.2 1-Core 103 2-Core 170 70% 119 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 387 51% 383 Pts	64-Core 387 24% 387 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Nvidia(10DE 1401) 2GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 471.41 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.2% Below average	Lighting 42.3 Reflection 45.6 Parallax 41.1 34% 43 fps	MRender 36.6 Gravity 40.4 Splatting 35.7 31% 37.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 36%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 107 112 113 114 109 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	42.3% Average	Read 157 Write 139 Mixed 144 SusWrite 109 31% 137 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 25.5 4K Mixed 23.3 73% 22.8 MB/s	DQ Read 149 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 139 105% 142 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273EB0-CK0 M378B5173DB0-CK0 8GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 18.2 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 17.1 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 74.8 54% 74.8 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 57%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 24%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 20%

Surfboard

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	41x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	34x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	34x

Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $624

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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