Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 71.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	20.9% 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	144% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	2.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	7.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '21 at 05:02
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Memory 88.5 1-Core 72.3 2-Core 188 67% 116 Pts	4-Core 315 8-Core 343 43% 329 Pts	64-Core 337 21% 337 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gigabyte(1458 354E) 2GB CLim: 1254 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 466.77 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	20.9% Poor	Lighting 23.7 Reflection 25.7 Parallax 32.4 19% 27.3 fps	MRender 32.9 Gravity 30.3 Splatting 25.9 24% 29.7 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.9% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend TS512GMTE220S 512GB 3,039 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: 42B4S8JA SusWrite @10s intervals: 409 438 468 485 483 476 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	144% Outstanding	Read 701 Write 618 Mixed 607 SusWrite 460 134% 596 MB/s	4K Read 50.9 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 51.2 198% 68.8 MB/s	DQ Read 754 DQ Write 498 DQ Mixed 194 261% 482 MB/s
Poor: 144% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 318%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2013)-$62 57,200 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 552GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 62 68 61 68 66 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	44.1% Average	Read 91.3 Write 88.8 Mixed 51 SusWrite 62.1 54% 73.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 9,994 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.2% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 14.6 45% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 14.7 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 62%

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	121x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	73x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	64x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	49x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	25x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 49%, 28,220 samples	23x

Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $783

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