Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	9.78% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	180% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-920-$90 69,074 User benchmarks, average bench 62% Socket 1366, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 97 1-Core 101 2-Core 200 78% 133 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 498 55% 435 Pts	64-Core 498 31% 498 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 275-$250 3,083 User benchmarks, average bench 9% XFX(1682 2806) 896MB Ram: 896MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	9.78% Terrible	Lighting 13.5 Reflection 9.88 Parallax 6.78 11% 10.1 fps	MRender 10 Gravity 10.8 Splatting 7.09 7% 9.31 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.78% Great: 10%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 204GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 896 918 925 922 925 918 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	180% Outstanding	Read 1,304 Write 935 Mixed 632 SusWrite 917 212% 947 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 82.7 4K Mixed 45.3 161% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 694 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 380 317% 467 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 180% Great: 243%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6x2GB 38,297 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 6 of 6 slots used 12GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	61.1% Good	MC Read 23 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 23.3 61% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 13.3 SC Mixed 15.6 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 50.2 80% 50.2 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 59%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 33%

Sail boat

Desktop 70%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 26%

Raft

Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $390

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