Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 35% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	36.9% 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	42.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5960X-$285 15,468 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Memory 83.9 1-Core 81.7 2-Core 159 64% 108 Pts	4-Core 322 8-Core 624 56% 473 Pts	64-Core 1249 77% 1249 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 368E) 2GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.9% Below average	Lighting 48.9 Reflection 46.1 Parallax 40.7 40% 45.2 fps	MRender 34.4 Gravity 42.4 Splatting 37.3 31% 38 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 97 81 104 94 108 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	42.6% Average	Read 370 Write 127 Mixed 135 SusWrite 97.4 40% 182 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 16.6 4K Mixed 19 68% 19.6 MB/s	DQ Read 24.1 DQ Write 14.5 DQ Mixed 54.8 31% 31.1 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 312GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 147 154 157 156 157 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Read 158 Write 153 Mixed 77.8 SusWrite 154 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB 506 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM 2133 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	MC Read 52.5 MC Write 44 MC Mixed 45.4 135% 47.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 18.2 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 73.6 54% 73.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 118%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 82%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 73%

Battleship

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	77x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	54x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	49x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GBCorsair $115Bench 88%, 5,380 samples	38x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2800 C16 4x4GBCorsair $210Bench 88%, 3,970 samples	31x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GBCorsair $92Bench 85%, 8,498 samples	29x

Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $910

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