Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	85.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 1600-$110 392,253 User benchmarks, average bench 70% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 80.2 1-Core 117 2-Core 235 80% 144 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 787 76% 628 Pts	64-Core 976 60% 976 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Sapphire(174B E285) CLim: 1130 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.9.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Lighting 79.4 Reflection 67.3 Parallax 105 65% 83.8 fps	MRender 67 Gravity 66.8 Splatting 86.4 62% 73.4 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 327 330 144 143 148 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Read 473 Write 344 Mixed 326 SusWrite 238 77% 345 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 31.4 137% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 301 213% 268 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 95%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 109GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 109 108 108 105 106 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 76.3 Write 121 Mixed 32.5 SusWrite 107 61% 84.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2.2 393% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD 2x8GB 5,640 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2800 MHz clocked @ 1400 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 39.9 MC Write 36.6 MC Mixed 34.7 106% 37.1 GB/s	SC Read 24.3 SC Write 38.6 SC Mixed 29.9 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 80.1 50% 80.1 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 89%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 45%

Yacht

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 42%

Speed boat

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	78x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	65x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	44x

Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $534

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