Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 66.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	30.4% 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	73.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Memory 90.2 1-Core 72.1 2-Core 134 62% 98.8 Pts	4-Core 230 8-Core 380 37% 305 Pts	64-Core 389 24% 389 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Sapphire(174B A003) CLim: 940 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.20 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	30.4% Below average	Lighting 40.6 Reflection 34.3 Parallax 52.2 33% 42.4 fps	MRender 30.2 Gravity 41.4 Splatting 23.6 25% 31.7 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 128GB-$74 9,892 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 180 181 184 186 186 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	73.2% Very good	Read 419 Write 186 Mixed 217 SusWrite 181 56% 251 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 73.7 4K Mixed 31.3 115% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 141 128% 196 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 199 204 207 193 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 144 Mixed 84.5 SusWrite 197 114% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/ 99U5471-054.A 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 933, 800 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	50.1% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 17.7 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 13.9 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 50%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 65%

Destroyer

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	43x
BLS4G3D1609DS 2x4GBCrucialBench 43%, 4,102 samples	23x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	20x

Value: 39% - Below average

Total price: $645

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16