Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	53.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (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	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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (47^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% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	64.2% Good	Memory 82 1-Core 73.1 2-Core 128 58% 94.4 Pts	4-Core 252 8-Core 382 39% 317 Pts	64-Core 418 26% 418 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Lighting 67.2 Reflection 68.2 Parallax 61.7 55% 65.7 fps	MRender 72.7 Gravity 63.4 Splatting 55.4 51% 63.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 86GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 306 310 314 317 313 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Read 437 Write 409 Mixed 379 SusWrite 318 87% 386 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 69.4 4K Mixed 41.7 140% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 255 193% 259 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 269GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 77 81 70 82 84 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	47.5% Average	Read 86.5 Write 90 Mixed 66.5 SusWrite 78.7 59% 80.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 109%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB 35,039 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 517GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 165 168 167 172 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 108 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 166 93% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 10,150 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.7% Below average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 12.5 MC Mixed 12.1 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 7.5 SC Mixed 10.2 25% 8.87 GB/s	Latency 76.8 52% 76.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 63%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	140x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	47x
1866 CL10 Series 2x8GBUnknownBench 54%, 7,244 samples	34x

Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $289

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