Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 68.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	25.6% 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	26.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing below expectations (36^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 870-$100 37,228 User benchmarks, average bench 66% Socket 1156, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.95 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Memory 91.9 1-Core 78 2-Core 138 64% 103 Pts	4-Core 247 8-Core 329 37% 288 Pts	64-Core 346 21% 346 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670-$435 47,610 User benchmarks, average bench 28% PNY(196E 097A) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	25.6% Poor	Lighting 29.3 Reflection 29 Parallax 37.6 24% 32 fps	MRender 42.8 Gravity 34.6 Splatting 30.6 29% 36 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 25.6% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 44GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	41.4% Average	Read 207 Write 118 Mixed 138 34% 154 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 58 4K Mixed 12.1 81% 31 MB/s	DQ Read 27.8 DQ Write 83.1 DQ Mixed 12.8 22% 41.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 73%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	26.1% Poor	Read 95.8 Write 71.2 Mixed 83.6 19% 83.5 MB/s	4K Read 14.8 4K Write 57.3 4K Mixed 3.35 57% 25.1 MB/s	DQ Read 15.5 DQ Write 84.3 DQ Mixed 5.04 17% 34.9 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 26.1% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 24GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Read 131 Write 100 Mixed 33.8 64% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.18 75% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	37.3% Below average	MC Read 13.3 MC Write 12.6 MC Mixed 11.3 35% 12.4 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 10.5 28% 9.77 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 45%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 19%

Surfboard

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 15%

Surfboard

Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $234

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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