Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 67.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	45.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	62.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3-$209 19,313 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Memory 83.5 1-Core 92.4 2-Core 165 68% 114 Pts	4-Core 284 8-Core 397 43% 340 Pts	64-Core 395 24% 395 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	45.1% Average	Lighting 55.3 Reflection 60.5 Parallax 54.5 45% 56.8 fps	MRender 59.8 Gravity 57.7 Splatting 50.6 45% 56 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 78 53 54 54 56 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 357 Write 250 Mixed 256 SusWrite 76.2 52% 235 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 68.2 4K Mixed 28.9 106% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 147 138% 209 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 97%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 64,984 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 639GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 159 166 155 169 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 168 Mixed 83 SusWrite 162 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 9,885 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	47% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 16.6 MC Mixed 14.8 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 15.7 SC Mixed 13.6 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 74.3 54% 74.3 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 69%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 39%

Jet ski

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	151x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	129x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	86x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	88x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	68x
BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GBCrucialBench 57%, 14,299 samples	38x

Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $435

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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