Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 69%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	25% 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	45.2% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5 760-$100 34,495 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1156, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	69% Good	Memory 81 1-Core 85 2-Core 170 66% 112 Pts	4-Core 336 8-Core 300 43% 318 Pts	64-Core 324 20% 324 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% Device(1B0A 90D2) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	25% Poor	Lighting 30.9 Reflection 29.5 Parallax 35.3 25% 31.9 fps	MRender 26.8 Gravity 26.6 Splatting 35 25% 29.5 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 25% Great: 26%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: 505ABBF1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 133 131 128 123 106 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	45.2% Average	Read 190 Write 146 Mixed 147 SusWrite 125 34% 152 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 55.7 4K Mixed 22.8 91% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 24.6 DQ Write 79.1 DQ Mixed 33.9 31% 45.9 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x8GB 168,538 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR 800 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	19.3% Very poor	MC Read 6.6 MC Write 5.2 MC Mixed 4.9 16% 5.57 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 5.6 18% 6.2 GB/s	Latency 78.7 51% 78.7 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 67%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 20%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 16%

Surfboard

Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $159

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16