Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 62.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	54.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	67.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	62.2% Good	Memory 78.2 1-Core 73.4 2-Core 145 59% 98.9 Pts	4-Core 250 8-Core 378 39% 314 Pts	64-Core 372 23% 372 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3683) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	Lighting 69 Reflection 68.6 Parallax 60.9 56% 66.2 fps	MRender 72.3 Gravity 62.6 Splatting 54.7 51% 63.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 57 50 51 50 50 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Read 466 Write 156 Mixed 192 SusWrite 59.3 48% 218 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 59.1 4K Mixed 33.8 114% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 167 DQ Mixed 236 172% 226 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 124%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 387GB free Firmware: 01.01A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 32 31 35 32 31 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	16.3% Very poor	Read 24.3 Write 49 Mixed 16.2 SusWrite 32.4 22% 30.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.3 60% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 16.3% Great: 62%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA662 500GB 14,997 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 465GB free Firmware: JP2OA41A SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 134 134 135 135 135 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Read 133 Write 131 Mixed 66 SusWrite 134 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBH2X04F1AA28-15 3x8GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	22.9% Poor	MC Read 7.8 MC Write 7.1 MC Mixed 6.7 21% 7.2 GB/s	SC Read 6.5 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 7.2 19% 6.6 GB/s	Latency 83.9 48% 83.9 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 22.9% Great: 74%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	140x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	47x
1866 CL10 Series 2x8GBUnknownBench 54%, 7,244 samples	34x

Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $289

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