Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 59.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	7.74% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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	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 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.

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Memory 80.7 1-Core 64.6 2-Core 129 56% 91.4 Pts	4-Core 207 8-Core 341 34% 274 Pts	64-Core 365 23% 365 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 250 25,802 User benchmarks, average bench 8% XFX(1682 7250) 2GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7.1 Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	7.74% Terrible	Lighting 9.87 Reflection 10.8 Parallax 13.6 8% 11.4 fps	MRender 7.14 Gravity 9.87 Splatting 9 7% 8.67 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.74% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD7500AYYS-01RCA0 750GB 1,767 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: 30.04G30 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 199 199 35856 (03) Spinup time 188 186 7583 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 271 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 36 36 47162 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 263 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 998 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1136 (C2) HDA temperature 125 103 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 26 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	32.4% Below average	Read 66.1 Write 46.6 Mixed 65.6 45% 59.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.32 82% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 52%
WD My Passport 0827 1TB 5,337 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 390GB free, PID 0827 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	11.9% Very poor	Read 25.2 Write 23.2 Mixed 18.6 28% 22.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.99 4K Mixed 0.23 43% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 11.9% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown PSD38G16002 PSD38G16002 16GB 569 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	43.4% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 16 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 9.7 25% 8.7 GB/s	Latency 79.2 50% 79.2 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 48%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 66%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

RAM
2x4GBAdataBench 60%, 13,050 samples	27x
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	7x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	6x

Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $265

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