Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 16% 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 48.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	36.6% 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	46.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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

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 Athlon X4 880K-$105 8,721 User benchmarks, average bench 46% FM2+ , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	48.1% Average	Memory 70.5 1-Core 69.7 2-Core 126 54% 88.7 Pts	4-Core 145 8-Core 180 21% 163 Pts	64-Core 209 13% 209 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 55%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Gigabyte(1458 229A) 3GB CLim: 1072 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 18.5.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.6% Below average	Lighting 48 Reflection 33.8 Parallax 57.8 39% 46.5 fps	MRender 32 Gravity 39.9 Splatting 42.5 32% 38.1 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$30 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 50 43 12 72 31 MB/s Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	46.7% Average	Read 247 Write 192 Mixed 197 SusWrite 58.6 39% 174 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 64.3 4K Mixed 17.6 91% 34.9 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 1.1 39% 94.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 263GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 76 77 78 77 76 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	46.7% Average	Read 85.4 Write 82.7 Mixed 60.8 SusWrite 77.2 56% 76.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 68%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 8GB 30,139 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 7GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 13 13 13 13 13 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	13.1% Very poor	Read 24.3 Write 13.2 Mixed 8.7 SusWrite 12.7 18% 14.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1.9 146% 3.07 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 13.1% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	34.3% Below average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 8.2 MC Mixed 13.2 35% 12.4 GB/s	SC Read 5.3 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 9 20% 7.17 GB/s	Latency 100 40% 100 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 51%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 50%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

GPU
Radeon HD 8570DAMDBench 4%, 8,328 samples	11x
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 5%, 22,117 samples	6x
Radeon HD 7480DAMDBench 2%, 8,289 samples	5x

Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $117

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