Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 69.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	47.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Memory 82.6 1-Core 87.5 2-Core 176 67% 115 Pts	4-Core 334 8-Core 311 44% 323 Pts	64-Core 324 20% 324 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Nvidia(10DE 1131) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.8% Average	Lighting 58.7 Reflection 62.9 Parallax 61.4 48% 61 fps	MRender 70.2 Gravity 57.1 Splatting 50.9 48% 59.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Burst 240GB 26,886 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 223GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 217 94 94 95 93 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Read 407 Write 333 Mixed 318 SusWrite 153 68% 303 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 65.8 4K Mixed 29.7 116% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 301 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 198 177% 266 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 94%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 708GB free (System drive) Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 155 163 172 173 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 175 Mixed 84 SusWrite 164 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 229% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 109%
Samsung FIT USB 3.0 64GB-$25 4,291 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 60GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 24 24 24 24 24 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Read 194 Write 31.2 Mixed 68.7 SusWrite 24.6 82% 79.8 MB/s	4K Read 10.6 4K Write 13.8 4K Mixed 8.5 798% 11 MB/s	DQ Read 15.2 DQ Write 17.1 DQ Mixed 11 1,012% 14.4 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 12GB 1,033 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.8% Below average	MC Read 12.9 MC Write 12.8 MC Mixed 13.3 37% 13 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 11.9 SC Mixed 12.7 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 75.8 53% 75.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 71%

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

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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