Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 56.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	34.4% 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	86.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Very high background CPU (79%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G3258-$31 23,497 User benchmarks, average bench 53% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Memory 70.2 1-Core 131 2-Core 258 82% 153 Pts	4-Core 250 8-Core 250 33% 250 Pts	64-Core 256 16% 256 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Zotac(19DA 2375) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1405 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	34.4% Below average	Lighting 44.6 Reflection 43.1 Parallax 38.5 36% 42.1 fps	MRender 39.3 Gravity 39.1 Splatting 34.5 30% 37.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
MT-256 256GB 385 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: T170810a SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 360 345 353 271 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Read 445 Write 477 Mixed 356 SusWrite 304 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 77.7 4K Mixed 32.1 133% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 113 115% 181 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 99%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$16 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 113GB free Firmware: 0020LVM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 68 70 69 71 70 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	35.3% Below average	Read 53.8 Write 55.8 Mixed 33.5 SusWrite 69.3 39% 53.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.4 73% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown SLA302G08-EDJ1C 0619 SLA302G08-EDJ1C 0619 SLA302G08-EDJ1C 0420 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.8% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 17 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 14.1 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 101 40% 101 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 52%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	98x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	68x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	47x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	44x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	30x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 58%, 8,730 samples	12x

Value: 60% - Good

Total price: $589

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