Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 70.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.3% 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	69.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (64^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% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Memory 92 1-Core 63.3 2-Core 132 60% 95.8 Pts	4-Core 267 8-Core 455 44% 361 Pts	64-Core 476 30% 476 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36BE) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35.3% Below average	Lighting 45.9 Reflection 43.8 Parallax 39.1 37% 43 fps	MRender 39.3 Gravity 40.3 Splatting 35.6 31% 38.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2306RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 204 197 203 198 197 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Read 434 Write 224 Mixed 206 SusWrite 201 59% 266 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 52 4K Mixed 26.6 100% 34.5 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 120 115% 183 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 91%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 664GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 124 122 124 125 129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 162 Write 138 Mixed 126 SusWrite 125 102% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.9 189% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 85%
Seagate M3 Portable 4TB 5,513 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1.5TB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 28 29 30 29 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	15.3% Very poor	Read 26 Write 25.9 Mixed 25.8 SusWrite 25.7 19% 25.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.6 190% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 19,207 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 17.7 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 13.9 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 62%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 38%

Jet ski

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 31%

Sail boat

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	22x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	12x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	12x

Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $512

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