Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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	33% 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	34.4% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Memory 94.9 1-Core 80.9 2-Core 153 67% 110 Pts	4-Core 218 8-Core 232 30% 225 Pts	64-Core 239 15% 239 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36BE) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33% Below average	Lighting 42.1 Reflection 45.6 Parallax 40.7 34% 42.8 fps	MRender 36.2 Gravity 40.6 Splatting 35.5 30% 37.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 480GB 58,990 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: UG4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 3.2 72 5.2 19 157 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	34.4% Below average	Read 433 Write 345 Mixed 212 SusWrite 71.1 59% 265 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 13.2 4K Mixed 4.8 39% 11.7 MB/s	DQ Read 34.9 DQ Write 43.8 DQ Mixed 39.6 30% 39.4 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 195GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 119 112 122 123 123 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 122 Write 124 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 120 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 150% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 88%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 107GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 37 36 38 38 39 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	17.3% Very poor	Read 36.2 Write 36 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 37.5 47% 34.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 63% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.3% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GB 29,968 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	37.3% Below average	MC Read 12.2 MC Write 12.8 MC Mixed 11 34% 12 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 10.7 SC Mixed 11 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 57.5 70% 57.5 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 40%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	112x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	76x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	60x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	44x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	31x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	24x

Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $998

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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