Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	20% 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	93% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 101 2-Core 201 78% 133 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 401 54% 403 Pts	64-Core 402 25% 402 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% EVGA(3842 2662) 2GB CLim: 1280 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	20% Very poor	Lighting 23.1 Reflection 26.7 Parallax 32.1 19% 27.3 fps	MRender 26.4 Gravity 29.4 Splatting 25.9 22% 27.2 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 21%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 QVO 2TB-$145 41,734 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: SVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 349 348 347 347 352 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Read 360 Write 346 Mixed 327 SusWrite 334 77% 342 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 75.9 4K Mixed 47.4 152% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 231 174% 234 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 128%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x4GB 3,851 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	MC Read 30 MC Write 30.1 MC Mixed 23.9 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 21 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 78%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 39%

Jet ski

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	61x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	59x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	42x

Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $855

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