Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	31.1% 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	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	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 8 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B450 AORUS ELITE (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8
BIOS Date	20180720
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '18 at 09:57
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	EST-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 2600X-$120 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 78.7 1-Core 115 2-Core 236 79% 143 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 759 70% 586 Pts	64-Core 953 59% 953 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Gigabyte(1458 3763) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	31.1% Below average	Lighting 39.2 Reflection 29.8 Parallax 36.8 32% 35.2 fps	MRender 37 Gravity 36.5 Splatting 35 30% 36.2 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HDS721050DLE630 500GB 10,673 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 197GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS1OA650 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 34 79 75 80 53 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	Read 123 Write 78.6 Mixed 20.7 SusWrite 60.9 51% 70.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.3 62% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 82%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 142 144 143 142 144 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Read 143 Write 141 Mixed 85 SusWrite 143 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905702-017.A00G 1x8GB 5,207 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	43.2% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 13.6 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 11.1 SC Mixed 12.8 35% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 83 48% 83 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 45%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 78%

Battleship

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 73%

Battleship

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	282x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	228x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	226x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	636x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	559x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	440x

Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $452

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16