Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 35% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 70%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	57.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	56.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

PC Performing above expectations (66^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% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70% Good	Memory 92.9 1-Core 74.5 2-Core 138 63% 102 Pts	4-Core 256 8-Core 444 42% 350 Pts	64-Core 445 28% 445 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Gigabyte(1458 227C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Lighting 71.8 Reflection 60.6 Parallax 83.1 58% 71.8 fps	MRender 60.3 Gravity 59.9 Splatting 76.6 55% 65.6 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE2500PNC 250GB 1,666 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 74 74 75 73 74 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 379 Write 229 Mixed 236 SusWrite 72.8 51% 229 MB/s	4K Read 14 4K Write 66 4K Mixed 37.9 105% 39.3 MB/s	DQ Read 34 DQ Write 99.3 DQ Mixed 24.8 31% 52.7 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 105%
Seagate ST3250310AS 250GB-$44 34,705 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 171GB free Firmware: 3.AAC SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 75 74 75 73 75 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	45.9% Average	Read 85.8 Write 52.4 Mixed 46.4 SusWrite 74.1 48% 64.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 150% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 54%
Seagate ST3500820AS 500GB 4,420 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 465GB free Firmware: SD25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 107 106 107 107 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Read 107 Write 13.1 Mixed 53.1 SusWrite 107 52% 70 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 106% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.5% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 17.5 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 13.2 32% 11 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 97%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $465

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