Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 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 51.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	35.4% 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	64% 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 (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	Memory 61.1 1-Core 100 2-Core 168 62% 110 Pts	4-Core 247 8-Core 218 32% 233 Pts	64-Core 310 19% 310 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 399.24 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	35.4% Below average	Lighting 44.3 Reflection 47.9 Parallax 38.9 36% 43.7 fps	MRender 43.1 Gravity 45.3 Splatting 37.7 34% 42 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR021 SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 286 294 179 124 131 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	64% Good	Read 313 Write 382 Mixed 255 SusWrite 219 66% 292 MB/s	4K Read 16.2 4K Write 75.9 4K Mixed 19 89% 37 MB/s	DQ Read 230 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 255 193% 257 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 95%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 504GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 105 105 106 106 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Read 102 Write 68.7 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 104 62% 83.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 128% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 59%
General UDisk 32GB 56 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 21GB free, PID 1234 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.2 3.7 3.4 3.4 3.8 3.2 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	3.12% Terrible	Read 10.2 Write 1.7 Mixed 3.7 SusWrite 3.4 5% 4.75 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 14% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.12% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1333 C9 2x4GB 7,510 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	18.2% Very poor	MC Read 6.2 MC Write 6.1 MC Mixed 6 17% 6.1 GB/s	SC Read 4.8 SC Write 5.2 SC Mixed 3 12% 4.33 GB/s	Latency 124 32% 124 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 54%

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

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	175x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	99x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	85x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	158x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	113x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	74x

Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $758

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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