Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	24.4% 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	71.8% 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 8 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Memory 89.9 1-Core 93.1 2-Core 172 71% 118 Pts	4-Core 301 8-Core 485 48% 393 Pts	64-Core 471 29% 471 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Sapphire(174B E217) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.251.0.0 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	24.4% Poor	Lighting 30.7 Reflection 35.7 Parallax 42.3 25% 36.2 fps	MRender 29.6 Gravity 31.8 Splatting 24.8 23% 28.7 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 24.4% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT1000BX500SSD1 1TB 46,239 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 729GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR030 SusWrite @10s intervals: 317 29 141 276 24 183 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	Read 490 Write 424 Mixed 409 SusWrite 162 83% 371 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 60.2 4K Mixed 23.4 105% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 38 88% 176 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 100%
Seagate ST1000VM002-1CT162 1TB 39,407 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 568GB free Firmware: SC11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 159 161 163 162 162 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	91% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 151 Mixed 70.3 SusWrite 161 98% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 8GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1333, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.5% Poor	MC Read 9.1 MC Write 8.7 MC Mixed 8.2 25% 8.67 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 10.1 SC Mixed 9 27% 9.47 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 53%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 63%

Destroyer

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	5x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	2x
GTX 550-TiNvidia $250Bench 9%, 54,392 samples	2x

SSD
Raid 0 Volume 240GBIntelBench 85%, 13,500 samples	3x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	2x
Premier Pro SP310 mSATA 64GBAdataBench 52%, 97 samples	2x

RAM
042DE138 M1 A7399D3A 682C25DF M1 9138C7A6 16GBM0Bench 49%, 4 samples	3x
5A2BF23A 2A2BE53A 8GBM1Bench 52%, 2 samples	2x
151F9363 1E1F9663 8GBM1Bench 50%, 2 samples	2x

Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $432

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $36	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16