Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 66.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	35.3% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-920-$90 69,074 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	66.2% Good	Memory 88.5 1-Core 64.9 2-Core 133 59% 95.6 Pts	4-Core 240 8-Core 339 36% 290 Pts	64-Core 339 21% 339 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 368F) 2GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35.3% Below average	Lighting 45.6 Reflection 46.8 Parallax 41.8 37% 44.7 fps	MRender 37.7 Gravity 42.3 Splatting 36.8 32% 38.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD5000AVDS-63U7B1 500GB 24,608 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 437GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 66 72 81 86 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	46.3% Average	Read 87 Write 86.4 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 74.5 57% 77.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.8 124% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 52%
Innostor Innostor 16GB 2,388 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 10GB free, PID 0917 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 10 11 11 11 11 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	7.47% Terrible	Read 32.3 Write 11.8 Mixed 13.7 SusWrite 10.5 20% 17.1 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.9 38% 1 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.47% Great: 25%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% null MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	42.5% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 12.1 MC Mixed 16 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 10.7 28% 9.97 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 54%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	38x
GTX 260Nvidia $250Bench 7%, 11,945 samples	20x
GeForce GT 220NvidiaBench 2%, 19,671 samples	16x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	17x
MX500 500GBCrucial $46Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	17x
MKNSSDS2120GB 120GBMushkinBench 65%, 202 samples	15x

Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $177

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