Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 59%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	53% 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	81.1% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	59% Above average	Memory 84.7 1-Core 50.4 2-Core 101 51% 78.6 Pts	4-Core 195 8-Core 195 26% 195 Pts	64-Core 195 12% 195 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 375.70 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53% Above average	Lighting 66.1 Reflection 68.1 Parallax 67.8 54% 67.3 fps	MRender 71.7 Gravity 62.3 Splatting 57.3 51% 63.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
AMD 1X2 Mirror/RAID1 239GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.10 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 663 Write 275 Mixed 17.1 68% 318 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 15.1 111% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 181 DQ Write 82.1 DQ Mixed 19.7 44% 94.4 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 81%
AMD 1X2 Mirror/RAID1 3TB 84 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 824GB free Firmware: 1.10 Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	80% Very good	Read 175 Write 103 Mixed 123 100% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 3.23 4K Mixed 0.41 142% 1.51 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 362 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.2% Below average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 7.4 MC Mixed 12.3 32% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 6.8 SC Write 6.3 SC Mixed 8.8 21% 7.3 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 50%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 20%

Surfboard

Desktop 64%

Destroyer

Workstation 15%

Surfboard

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	18x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	18x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	16x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 43%, 4,751 samples	20x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	17x
F3 DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 41%, 3,080 samples	11x

Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $433