Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	31.6% 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	101% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	77.3% Very good	Memory 94.4 1-Core 99.4 2-Core 198 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 326 8-Core 489 51% 407 Pts	64-Core 495 31% 495 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680-$360 38,995 User benchmarks, average bench 32% Gigabyte(1458 354D) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1550 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31.6% Below average	Lighting 35.5 Reflection 38.7 Parallax 49.7 29% 41.3 fps	MRender 51.8 Gravity 44.6 Splatting 40.9 37% 45.8 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 35%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 200GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 324 283 288 292 293 294 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 460 Mixed 388 SusWrite 296 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 93 4K Mixed 45.2 154% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 364 274% 366 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 4x4GB 780 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 39.4 MC Mixed 35.8 106% 37.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 12.8 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 96%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 28%

Raft

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 24%

Surfboard

RAM
F3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 41%, 1,091 samples	5x
HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GBKingstonBench 80%, 411 samples	5x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 67%, 1,867 samples	5x

Value: 52% - Above average

Total price: $920

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