Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (19th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 81 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 65.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	24% 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	58.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Memory 69 1-Core 115 2-Core 222 74% 135 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 361 48% 358 Pts	64-Core 485 30% 485 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 83%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V2 1.35 GHz)-$15 6,831 User benchmarks, average bench 2% ASRock(1849 0122) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	2.12% Terrible	Lighting 2.33 Reflection 2.08 Parallax 1.62 2% 2.01 fps	MRender 3.1 Gravity 1.33 Splatting 4.39 2% 2.94 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.12% Great: 2%
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 856B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	24% Poor	Lighting 30.5 Reflection 30.7 Parallax 29.8 25% 30.3 fps	MRender 28.4 Gravity 27 Splatting 26.5 22% 27.3 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 24% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 100 240GB-$95 9,561 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM11.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 83 107 90 73 103 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	58.6% Above average	Read 376 Write 147 Mixed 184 SusWrite 89.7 44% 199 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 52.1 4K Mixed 26.1 88% 32 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 188 153% 222 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 83%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 11GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 296 Write 282 Mixed 250 62% 276 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 44.1 4K Mixed 31.2 102% 33.5 MB/s	DQ Read 259 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 219 167% 226 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 103GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 281 262 311 291 277 303 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	71.3% Very good	Read 289 Write 284 Mixed 258 SusWrite 287 63% 280 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 43.9 4K Mixed 31.8 102% 33.6 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 226 170% 228 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	19% Very poor	MC Read 6.5 MC Write 5.5 MC Mixed 6.2 17% 6.07 GB/s	SC Read 5 SC Write 5.4 SC Mixed 5.1 15% 5.17 GB/s	Latency 104 39% 104 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 19% Great: 63%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 37%

Jet ski

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

Raft

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	310x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	269x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	237x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	90x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	86x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	81x

Value: 60% - Good

Total price: $581

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