Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 70.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	21.3% 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	56.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Memory 88.8 1-Core 84.1 2-Core 161 67% 111 Pts	4-Core 281 8-Core 403 43% 342 Pts	64-Core 498 31% 498 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 570-$350 22,303 User benchmarks, average bench 20% EVGA(3842 1570) 1.2GB CLim: 732 MHz, MLim: 950 MHz, Ram: 1.2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	21.3% Poor	Lighting 25.2 Reflection 38 Parallax 28.2 20% 30.5 fps	MRender 39 Gravity 20.5 Splatting 25.6 23% 28.3 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 22%
Nvidia GTX 560-$180 23,273 User benchmarks, average bench 14% EVGA(3842 1469) 2GB CLim: 850 MHz, MLim: 1002 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	1.01% Terrible	Lighting 1.13 Reflection 1.23 Parallax 0.38 1% 0.91 fps	MRender 1.57 Gravity 1.07 Splatting 1.65 1% 1.43 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 1.01% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: BBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 124 129 110 79 76 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Read 270 Write 147 Mixed 179 SusWrite 111 39% 177 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 56.7 4K Mixed 31.5 101% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 176 128% 164 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 123 134 134 127 133 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Read 118 Write 58.1 Mixed 78.5 SusWrite 131 71% 96.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.8 135% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TD4G16C9-Z8 4x4GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.1% Excellent	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 35.1 MC Mixed 31.7 95% 33.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 10 34% 12 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 85%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	15x
NVMe MZVPV256HDGL-00000 256GBSamsungBench 201%, 5,877 samples	10x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 4x4GBCorsairBench 52%, 780 samples	10x
BLS8G3D1609DS 2x8GBCrucialBench 43%, 2,652 samples	9x
Vengeance DDR3 2x8GBCorsairBench 44%, 2,237 samples	7x

Value: 28% - Poor

Total price: $818

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16