Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding SSD
Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 38% Jet ski	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including moderate gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 47.5%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	18.7% is a below average 3D score (GTX 1070 = 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
AMD FX-8320E-$105 12,056 User benchmarks, average bench 48% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	47.5% Average	SC Int 72.6 SC Float 61.8 SC Mixed 66.7 54% 67 Pts	QC Int 240 QC Float 211 QC Mixed 228 51% 227 Pts	MC Int 400 MC Float 336 MC Mixed 393 57% 377 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 59%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7770 15,220 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Sapphire(174B E215) 1GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1300 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	18.7% Very poor	Lighting 55.3 Reflection 46.5 Parallax 76.2 19% 59.3 fps	MRender 30.3 Gravity 50.7 Splatting 48 18% 43 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 18.7% Great: 19%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$34 34,097 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 17GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ 7200 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 69 (03) Spinup time 124 124 12897026233 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 876 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 113 113 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5149 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 860 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 876 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 876 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 176093986849 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	81.9% Excellent	Read 150 Write 136 Mixed 98.2 95% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.14 51% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x8GB 32,301 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	30.6% Below average	MC Read 10.8 MC Write 10.3 MC Mixed 8.9 29% 10 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 7.6 SC Mixed 9 25% 8.6 GB/s	Latency 75.4 53% 75.4 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 46%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 24%

Surfboard

Desktop 41%

Speed boat

Workstation 28%

Raft

GPU
GTX 750 TiNvidia $110Bench 23%, 92,184 samples	706x
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 1%, 6,637 samples	640x
GTX 960Nvidia $200Bench 40%, 123,465 samples	573x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $65Bench 48%, 119,806 samples	391x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $90Bench 94%, 282,195 samples	331x
SSD Plus 120GBSanDisk $59Bench 58%, 30,700 samples	143x

Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $300

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $183	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $70
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $75	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $957	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $60	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $193	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12