Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 19% 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.6%, 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	30.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). 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
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Memory 93.1 1-Core 71.3 2-Core 115 60% 93.1 Pts	4-Core 251 8-Core 430 41% 340 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Asus(1043 0464) CLim: 1120 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	28.1% Poor	Lighting 35.6 Reflection 31.9 Parallax 46.3 29% 37.9 fps	MRender 28.6 Gravity 29.4 Splatting 36.4 26% 31.5 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$35 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF360000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 81 87 96 52 95 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	30.1% Below average	Read 312 Write 152 Mixed 137 SusWrite 80.9 38% 170 MB/s	4K Read 11.8 4K Write 12.3 4K Mixed 10.8 38% 11.6 MB/s	DQ Read 17.8 DQ Write 20.6 DQ Mixed 11.4 11% 16.6 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 55%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 931GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 85 93 99 54 97 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Read 133 Write 115 Mixed 28.8 SusWrite 84.4 65% 90.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 75%
Quantore USB Drive 8GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 4GB free, PID 0619 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1 1.4 1.5 1.2 1.5 1.5 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	0.54% Terrible	Read 1.8 Write 0.8 Mixed 1.5 SusWrite 1.3 2% 1.35 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 0% 0 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 0.54% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR3 1600 2x4GB 1,984 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	46.3% Average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 15.1 46% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 11.2 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 46.3% 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	40x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	26x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	17x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	27x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	16x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	12x

Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $152

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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