Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


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 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 67.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	20.4% 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	43.3% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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

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 930-$199 19,497 User benchmarks, average bench 64% Socket 1366, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Memory 91.9 1-Core 75 2-Core 150 65% 106 Pts	4-Core 235 8-Core 360 37% 297 Pts	64-Core 362 22% 362 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5870 10,176 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Sapphire(174B E140) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	20.4% Poor	Lighting 28.4 Reflection 15.3 Parallax 28.4 23% 24 fps	MRender 12.9 Gravity 21.7 Splatting 19.7 15% 18.1 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 20.4% Great: 20%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 100 120GB-$60 4,424 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 58 56 61 57 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	43.3% Average	Read 310 Write 43.5 Mixed 105 SusWrite 53.7 28% 128 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 37.5 4K Mixed 20.4 76% 26 MB/s	DQ Read 80 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 88.7 69% 92.5 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 76%
LSI RAID 5/6 SAS 6G 898GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 836GB free Firmware: 2.13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 405 255 265 395 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 1,794 Write 110 Mixed 166 SusWrite 257 124% 582 MB/s	4K Read 75.8 4K Write 8.6 4K Mixed 11 134% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 247 DQ Write 11.4 DQ Mixed 21.2 43% 93.2 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 130%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 410GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 126 125 128 130 130 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Read 156 Write 147 Mixed 63.1 SusWrite 127 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 233% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% null MHz 4096, 4096, 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36.8% Below average	MC Read 13.8 MC Write 11.9 MC Mixed 10.5 34% 12.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 11.4 30% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 54%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $259

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