Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 53.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	34.9% 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	53.2% 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.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-MA785G-UD3H (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090622
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '19 at 17:17
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	45%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	Memory 81.5 1-Core 46.2 2-Core 91.1 48% 72.9 Pts	4-Core 150 8-Core 174 21% 162 Pts	64-Core 185 12% 185 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8537) 2GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	34.9% Below average	Lighting 45 Reflection 44.3 Parallax 39.5 37% 42.9 fps	MRender 39.7 Gravity 40.4 Splatting 36 32% 38.7 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Neutron XT 240GB-$170 1,466 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC02.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 204 206 205 209 205 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	53.2% Above average	Read 217 Write 201 Mixed 174 SusWrite 204 45% 199 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 47.4 4K Mixed 28.8 96% 32.8 MB/s	DQ Read 27.8 DQ Write 67.8 DQ Mixed 33.6 30% 43.1 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 115%
WD Blue 1TB (2015)-$40 52,322 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 254GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 87 88 88 87 87 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	44.9% Average	Read 69 Write 63.7 Mixed 44.3 SusWrite 86.9 48% 66 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 179% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 87%
Philips USB Flash Drive 16GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 1GB free, PID 3600 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.9 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.3 3.9 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	2.84% Terrible	Read 11 Write 3.5 Mixed 2.5 SusWrite 4.1 6% 5.28 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 6% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.84% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	27.3% Poor	MC Read 9.9 MC Write 7.4 MC Mixed 9.8 26% 9.03 GB/s	SC Read 6 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 7.4 18% 6.5 GB/s	Latency 77.7 52% 77.7 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 27.3% Great: 45%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 12%

Tree trunk

Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

GPU
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	1x
GeForce 8400 GSNvidiaBench 1%, 18,254 samples	1x
HD 7870AMD $203Bench 26%, 42,130 samples	1x

Value: 46% - Average

Total price: $270

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