Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	60.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	64.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 1700-$195 144,475 User benchmarks, average bench 69% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Memory 66.8 1-Core 91.8 2-Core 191 65% 116 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 674 62% 521 Pts	64-Core 1,048 65% 1,048 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% MSI(1462 3070) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.8.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Lighting 75.1 Reflection 63.7 Parallax 92.1 61% 77 fps	MRender 63.8 Gravity 63 Splatting 80.8 58% 69.2 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 141 129 130 122 112 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Read 374 Write 148 Mixed 150 SusWrite 131 44% 201 MB/s	4K Read 11.2 4K Write 80 4K Mixed 29.6 97% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 195 159% 232 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 124%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 210GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 68 69 70 69 69 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	49.2% Average	Read 103 Write 101 Mixed 66 SusWrite 68.6 62% 84.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 69%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 169 168 171 169 168 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 154 Mixed 91 SusWrite 169 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 196% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GB-$67 46,617 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.5% Very good	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 26.8 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 25.6 SC Mixed 21 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 109 37% 109 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 81%

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	185x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	170x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $459

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