Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 69.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	25.9% 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	90.6% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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 (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	69.9% Good	Memory 90.5 1-Core 80.5 2-Core 160 67% 110 Pts	4-Core 287 8-Core 291 38% 289 Pts	64-Core 295 18% 295 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 3662) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	25.9% Poor	Lighting 30.8 Reflection 31.6 Parallax 39.6 25% 34 fps	MRender 39.9 Gravity 37.2 Splatting 26.9 28% 34.7 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 25.9% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 196GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 292 288 288 274 290 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 442 Mixed 329 SusWrite 288 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 66 4K Mixed 33.9 124% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 239 211% 317 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 129%
Seagate ST500LM024-1RS152 500GB 242 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 465GB free Firmware: 0001SDM7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 133 133 132 133 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	75.4% Very good	Read 131 Write 128 Mixed 55.3 SusWrite 132 81% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.9 146% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 78%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 173 176 178 175 178 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 178 Mixed 21.3 SusWrite 175 98% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.5 142% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 20,667 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 26.7 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 12.2 42% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 77%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 58%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 47%

Yacht

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	53x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	38x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	27x

Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $512

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