Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 64.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	36.8% 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	70.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB 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 (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Memory 89.2 1-Core 57.5 2-Core 117 56% 87.8 Pts	4-Core 236 8-Core 236 32% 236 Pts	64-Core 238 15% 238 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Gigabyte(1458 229A) 3GB CLim: 1072 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.8% Below average	Lighting 48.1 Reflection 34.8 Parallax 58.8 39% 47.3 fps	MRender 32.5 Gravity 40.4 Splatting 42.8 32% 38.6 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$39 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 97 101 102 98 102 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Read 389 Write 374 Mixed 368 SusWrite 98.9 69% 307 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 67.9 4K Mixed 44.8 145% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 39.3 DQ Write 98.5 DQ Mixed 54.5 46% 64.1 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 123%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 244GB free Firmware: HP63 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 101 101 102 101 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Read 122 Write 67 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 101 64% 87.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 782GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 192 193 194 193 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 158 Mixed 71.9 SusWrite 192 112% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-174.A00LF 9905403-442.A00LF 9905403-137.A00LF 9905403-137.A00LF 10GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	34.5% Below average	MC Read 15 MC Write 7.5 MC Mixed 12.7 34% 11.7 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 9 22% 7.67 GB/s	Latency 68.3 59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 36%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 64%

Destroyer

Workstation 16%

Surfboard

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	21x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	15x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	13x

RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	14x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	13x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	12x

Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $260

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16