Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 58%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	39% 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)
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P (all builds)
Memory	6.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090603
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '18 at 03:00
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	58% Above average	Memory 80.7 1-Core 52.1 2-Core 104 50% 78.9 Pts	4-Core 207 8-Core 208 28% 207 Pts	64-Core 208 13% 208 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7970-$435 6,727 User benchmarks, average bench 36% AMD(1002 3000) 3GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 18.3.4 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	39% Below average	Lighting 51 Reflection 33.8 Parallax 63.8 42% 49.6 fps	MRender 31.9 Gravity 49.7 Splatting 41.8 34% 41.1 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 40%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
ST340014AS 250GB 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 196 198 201 195 186 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 222 Write 202 Mixed 193 SusWrite 192 46% 202 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 55.1 4K Mixed 38.6 126% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 35.1 DQ Write 70.4 DQ Mixed 45.2 36% 50.2 MB/s

WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 846GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 68 68 68 67 68 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	43.4% Average	Read 83.1 Write 80.5 Mixed 66 SusWrite 67.6 55% 74.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 152% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 67%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 8GB 155 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 3GB free, PID a838 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 12 12 12 12 12 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	9.24% Terrible	Read 27.2 Write 13.2 Mixed 15.7 SusWrite 12.6 21% 17.2 MB/s	4K Read 3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 1.1 69% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.24% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	28.4% Poor	MC Read 10.4 MC Write 7.5 MC Mixed 10.3 27% 9.4 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 8.2 20% 7.17 GB/s	Latency 79.3 50% 79.3 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 45%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 28%

Raft

Desktop 62%

Destroyer

Workstation 20%

Surfboard

CPU
Phenom II X4 965AMD $144Bench 53%, 43,442 samples	3x
Phenom II X6 1100TAMD $340Bench 59%, 12,769 samples	3x
Phenom II X4 940AMDBench 49%, 3,675 samples	3x

Value: 50% - Average

Total price: $444

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