Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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	26.9% 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	80.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4160-$79 48,506 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Memory 87.4 1-Core 83.9 2-Core 157 66% 110 Pts	4-Core 259 8-Core 257 35% 258 Pts	64-Core 248 15% 248 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 67%

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: 18.5.1 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26.9% Poor	Lighting 34.5 Reflection 26.2 Parallax 47.3 28% 36 fps	MRender 24.1 Gravity 32.3 Splatting 31.9 24% 29.4 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 26.9% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2316RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 189 175 206 149 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Read 446 Write 243 Mixed 188 SusWrite 185 59% 266 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 87.3 4K Mixed 33.1 134% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 104 114% 195 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 198GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 182 182 182 181 182 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 162 Mixed 86.2 SusWrite 181 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 1x8GB 7,988 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.2% Poor	MC Read 9.1 MC Write 9.1 MC Mixed 8.1 25% 8.77 GB/s	SC Read 5.3 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 7.1 19% 6.73 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 35%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

Raft

RAM
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	24x
BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GBCrucialBench 57%, 14,299 samples	23x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	20x

Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $710

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