Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (15th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 85 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 41.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	69.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	66.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 2.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	41.3% Average	Memory 70.3 1-Core 23.3 2-Core 38.9 33% 44.2 Pts	4-Core 69.5 8-Core 156 13% 113 Pts	64-Core 182 11% 182 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4991) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69.5% Good	Lighting 87.3 Reflection 82.3 Parallax 97.2 71% 88.9 fps	MRender 86.6 Gravity 86.2 Splatting 73.4 66% 82.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 371GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 320 291 321 52 43 43 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	66.1% Good	Read 401 Write 350 Mixed 348 SusWrite 178 72% 320 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 31.4 4K Mixed 32.9 104% 31.3 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 155 115% 151 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 133%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 712GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 110 132 134 150 157 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Read 174 Write 79.3 Mixed 97.2 SusWrite 125 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.9 148% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x4GB 689 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	16.1% Very poor	MC Read 5.2 MC Write 7.8 MC Mixed 3.6 16% 5.53 GB/s	SC Read 0.9 SC Write 2.7 SC Mixed 0.8 4% 1.47 GB/s	Latency 101 40% 101 ns
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 16.1% Great: 30%

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	61x

Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

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