Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 65.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	53.9% 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)
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (67^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% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Memory 81.9 1-Core 72.3 2-Core 144 60% 99.2 Pts	4-Core 269 8-Core 430 43% 350 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Lighting 67.8 Reflection 70 Parallax 66.8 55% 68.2 fps	MRender 71 Gravity 64.9 Splatting 55.4 51% 63.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 476 Write 419 Mixed 314 90% 403 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 77.8 4K Mixed 46.9 162% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 148 140% 218 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 135GB free Firmware: EXT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 269 274 273 273 273 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 418 Mixed 362 SusWrite 280 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 81.7 4K Mixed 41.8 157% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 177 154% 228 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 118%
OCZ AMD Radeon R7 480GB-$195 707 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 293GB free Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 320 330 424 372 428 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Read 390 Write 425 Mixed 303 SusWrite 382 85% 375 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 86 4K Mixed 35.6 133% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 232 184% 256 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	MC Read 11.5 MC Write 11.1 MC Mixed 10.1 31% 10.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 10.5 26% 9.13 GB/s	Latency 77.1 52% 77.1 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 47%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 65%

Destroyer

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	50x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	36x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	32x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	45x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	32x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	26x

Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $334

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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