Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	28.3% 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	30.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (59^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 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Memory 93.8 1-Core 72.2 2-Core 145 64% 104 Pts	4-Core 242 8-Core 434 41% 338 Pts	64-Core 418 26% 418 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 68%

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 below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	28.3% Poor	Lighting 42.3 Reflection 30.5 Parallax 54.3 34% 42.4 fps	MRender 28.7 Gravity 39.3 Splatting 0.13 16% 22.7 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 21 12 16 17 16 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	30.4% Below average	Read 291 Write 52 Mixed 11 SusWrite 17.8 20% 92.9 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 21.9 4K Mixed 13.5 56% 17.7 MB/s	DQ Read 20.6 DQ Write 13.7 DQ Mixed 10 9% 14.8 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 78%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 190GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 108 109 109 109 110 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Read 163 Write 159 Mixed 85.8 SusWrite 108 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 234% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 109%
Generic Flash Disk 16GB 18,883 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 15GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 14 14 15 14 14 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	7.09% Terrible	Read 21.2 Write 14 Mixed 6.7 SusWrite 14 17% 14 MB/s	4K Read 4.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 15% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 7.09% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 283 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 19.4 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 13 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 53%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 36%

Jet ski

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 29%

Raft

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	18x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	17x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	16x

Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $395

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