Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	20.9% 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	104% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3550-$335 23,599 User benchmarks, average bench 69% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 112 2-Core 225 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 432 54% 413 Pts	64-Core 439 27% 439 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 8422) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	20.9% Poor	Lighting 24.2 Reflection 23.8 Parallax 30.7 20% 26.2 fps	MRender 33 Gravity 29.2 Splatting 24.7 23% 29 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.9% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Pro 512GB-$150 16,934 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 252GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 430 456 466 462 461 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 456 Mixed 423 SusWrite 419 100% 443 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 64.5 4K Mixed 42.2 137% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 355 DQ Mixed 362 274% 369 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 133%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 620GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 171 171 170 171 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 164 Mixed 19.9 SusWrite 162 92% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 147% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-174.A00LF 029E CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 9905403-174.A00LF 029E CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 12GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	55% Above average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 16.9 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 17.7 50% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 57%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 37%

Jet ski

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

Raft

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	138x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	131x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	105x

Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $364

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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