Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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.
Graphics	31.2% 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	44.5% 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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 Phenom II X4 840-$150 5,147 User benchmarks, average bench 47% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 57.1 2-Core 114 39% 85.6 Pts	4-Core 233 8-Core 230 31% 232 Pts	64-Core 232 14% 232 Pts
Poor: 37% Great: 55%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Sapphire(174B A003) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 14.501.1003.0 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	31.2% Below average	Lighting 39.8 Reflection 29.8 Parallax 53.9 32% 41.2 fps	MRender 27 Gravity 40.3 Splatting 36.6 29% 34.6 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 500 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 389 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 58 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 58 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1876152365	44.5% Average	Read 339 Write 235 Mixed 242 60% 272 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 24.1 4K Mixed 9.77 53% 17.4 MB/s	DQ Read 19.7 DQ Write 20.9 DQ Mixed 8.76 10% 16.5 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 118%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 128GB 752 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 119GB free, PID fa05 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54% Above average	Read 185 Write 118 Mixed 98.1 156% 134 MB/s	4K Read 4.61 4K Write 0.16 4K Mixed 0.15 28% 1.64 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 52%

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 33%

Sail boat

Desktop 65%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 27%

Raft

SSD
SHFS37A480G 480GBKingstonBench 55%, 1,387 samples	11x
SHFS37A480G 480GBKingstonBench 53%, 15 samples	2x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	1x

RAM
9905403-400.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX 9905403-439.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GBKingstonBench 53%, 8 samples	3x
9905403-400.A00LF 9905403-439.A00LF 8GBKingstonBench 47%, 62 samples	2x
9905403-439.A00LF 9905403-400.A00LF 8GBKingstonBench 48%, 56 samples	2x

Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $298

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