Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 63.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	37.8% 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.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160504
Uptime	3.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '19 at 14:44
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	63.5% Good	Memory 80.6 1-Core 72.3 2-Core 119 57% 90.6 Pts	4-Core 252 8-Core 418 41% 335 Pts	64-Core 389 24% 389 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3968) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.8% Below average	Lighting 49.6 Reflection 46.5 Parallax 41.1 40% 45.7 fps	MRender 39.8 Gravity 42.9 Splatting 38 33% 40.2 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 164GB free Firmware: DC12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 193 194 194 195 190 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Read 334 Write 254 Mixed 247 SusWrite 192 58% 257 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 67.6 4K Mixed 36.3 129% 45 MB/s	DQ Read 230 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 143 128% 193 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 91%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 114 115 121 119 122 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 124 Write 131 Mixed 91.2 SusWrite 117 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 210% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 91 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.2% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 13.5 40% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 11.2 27% 9.57 GB/s	Latency 79.4 50% 79.4 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 60%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 28%

Raft

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	84x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	45x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	28x

Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $630

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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