Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	9.71% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	111% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7740X-$281 5,094 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Memory 94 1-Core 144 2-Core 276 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 545 8-Core 774 83% 660 Pts	64-Core 786 49% 786 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 285 2,842 User benchmarks, average bench 9% EVGA(3842 1080) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	9.71% Terrible	Lighting 13.4 Reflection 9.85 Parallax 6 11% 9.75 fps	MRender 9.81 Gravity 10.8 Splatting 7.13 7% 9.25 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.71% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Hellfire NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$233 2,120 User benchmarks, average bench 142% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 266 584 572 498 442 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 906 Write 219 Mixed 324 SusWrite 422 103% 468 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 38.3 151% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 26.7 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 33.6 36% 56 MB/s
Poor: 97% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 195%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 2TB 7,767 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 119 117 117 118 118 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Read 118 Write 95.5 Mixed 41.3 SusWrite 116 68% 92.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 123%
WD My Passport 25E2 3TB 3,377 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 2.5TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 105 104 105 104 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	Read 64.3 Write 106 Mixed 69.4 SusWrite 103 122% 85.6 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 6.6 4K Mixed 0.6 249% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB 5,121 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.4% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 20.5 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 24.3 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 115%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 99%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 93%

Nuclear submarine

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	6x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	6x

Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $810

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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