Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 67.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	22.3% 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	45% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Memory 92.1 1-Core 67.5 2-Core 131 61% 96.9 Pts	4-Core 232 8-Core 407 39% 319 Pts	64-Core 396 24% 396 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6970 9,594 User benchmarks, average bench 20% MSI(1462 2370) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	22.3% Poor	Lighting 36.8 Reflection 25.9 Parallax 29.4 30% 30.7 fps	MRender 2.43 Gravity 27.7 Splatting 0.04 7% 10.1 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 22%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240GB 86,316 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 2.3 80 2.2 109 77 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	45% Average	Read 442 Write 364 Mixed 282 SusWrite 73.3 65% 290 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 32.7 4K Mixed 12.3 64% 21.8 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 67.7 DQ Mixed 34 40% 71.3 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 3x4GB 533 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	45.6% Average	MC Read 19 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 14.9 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 11.3 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 61%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 20%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GBG.SKILLBench 27%, 2,515 samples	34x
RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 51%, 9,944 samples	20x
1866 CL10 Series 2x8GBUnknownBench 54%, 7,244 samples	9x

Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $269

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