Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 68.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	28.1% 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	59.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 8.1 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 above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Memory 91.4 1-Core 69.6 2-Core 123 60% 94.6 Pts	4-Core 252 8-Core 435 42% 343 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Sapphire(174B E207) 3GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	28.1% Poor	Lighting 36.4 Reflection 26.3 Parallax 49.2 30% 37.3 fps	MRender 25.2 Gravity 33.7 Splatting 32 25% 30.3 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD PLUS 480GB 5,109 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 192GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z31000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 111 109 105 107 111 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Read 394 Write 294 Mixed 230 SusWrite 109 57% 257 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 52.1 4K Mixed 32.5 110% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 31.9 DQ Write 89.4 DQ Mixed 42.2 38% 54.5 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 108%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 479GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 108 109 107 111 111 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Read 137 Write 122 Mixed 115 SusWrite 109 90% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.8 180% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	49.7% Average	MC Read 21 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 17.4 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 13.4 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 65%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 36%

Jet ski

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 29%

Raft

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	18x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	17x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	16x

Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $395

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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