Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	31% 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	51.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (55^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% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	72% Very good	Memory 87.4 1-Core 95.7 2-Core 169 70% 117 Pts	4-Core 307 8-Core 452 47% 379 Pts	64-Core 461 28% 461 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670-$435 47,610 User benchmarks, average bench 28% Gigabyte(1458 3542) 2GB CLim: 1267 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	31% Below average	Lighting 36.7 Reflection 34.2 Parallax 44 30% 38.3 fps	MRender 46.9 Gravity 43.5 Splatting 33.9 33% 41.5 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Geil Zenith S3 120GB 220 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.20 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 72 97 111 98 99 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 287 Write 121 Mixed 165 SusWrite 96.3 37% 167 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 44.5 4K Mixed 25.5 92% 31.3 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 96.5 DQ Mixed 131 95% 123 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 80%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 1TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 135 127 122 133 126 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	53.4% Above average	Read 61.2 Write 102 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 125 56% 77.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 116% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR3 1600G 2O 2x4GB 55 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2 of 8 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	47.4% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 15.2 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 11.7 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 47%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 45%

Speed boat

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 39%

Jet ski

RAM
F3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 57%, 2,734 samples	8x
16G-D3-2133-M 2x8GBUnknownBench 45%, 39 samples	6x
Vengeance DDR3 4x4GBCorsairBench 64%, 1,012 samples	5x

Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $397

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16