Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 60.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	29.9% 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	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.

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

PC Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Memory 80.7 1-Core 66.1 2-Core 126 56% 90.9 Pts	4-Core 220 8-Core 354 35% 287 Pts	64-Core 379 24% 379 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E271) CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	29.9% Poor	Lighting 38 Reflection 33.8 Parallax 45.7 31% 39.2 fps	MRender 30 Gravity 31.7 Splatting 38.5 28% 33.4 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk Extreme SSD 500GB 4,692 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 109GB free Firmware: 1012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 225 237 227 225 228 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	31.1% Below average	Read 206 Write 178 Mixed 83.9 SusWrite 224 39% 173 MB/s	4K Read 3.5 4K Write 14.7 4K Mixed 4.8 19% 7.67 MB/s	DQ Read 75.6 DQ Write 75.8 DQ Mixed 68.3 53% 73.2 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 877GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 157 170 180 171 165 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Read 127 Write 147 Mixed 63.3 SusWrite 168 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 112%
ASMT 2105 1TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 126% 575GB free, PID 5136 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 8.5 27 8.6 8.6 16 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 115 Write 149 Mixed 161 SusWrite 13.6 149% 110 MB/s	4K Read 9.7 4K Write 13.5 4K Mixed 9.5 818% 10.9 MB/s	DQ Read 11.3 DQ Write 17.3 DQ Mixed 13.7 1,096% 14.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 172%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 64D0JHHH-HS 2x8GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	25.6% Poor	MC Read 8.4 MC Write 8.3 MC Mixed 7.7 23% 8.13 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 7 21% 7.3 GB/s	Latency 79.3 50% 79.3 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 25.6% Great: 53%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	148x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	68x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 39%, 4,786 samples	62x

Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16