Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 59.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	33.7% 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% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8150-$770 22,181 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	Memory 84.6 1-Core 56.2 2-Core 116 54% 85.5 Pts	4-Core 186 8-Core 330 31% 258 Pts	64-Core 373 23% 373 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680-$360 38,995 User benchmarks, average bench 32% Asus(1043 83F7) 2GB CLim: 1346 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	33.7% Below average	Lighting 38.8 Reflection 33.6 Parallax 40.2 32% 37.5 fps	MRender 51.7 Gravity 51.6 Splatting 38.2 38% 47.2 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ AGILITY3 60GB 14,293 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 54 49 49 47 46 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	30% Below average	Read 138 Write 57.5 Mixed 69.8 SusWrite 49.3 17% 78.7 MB/s	4K Read 14.2 4K Write 34.1 4K Mixed 16 60% 21.4 MB/s	DQ Read 77.8 DQ Write 58.3 DQ Mixed 68.4 51% 68.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 51%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 210GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 99 99 99 99 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	62% Good	Read 119 Write 118 Mixed 59 SusWrite 96.9 72% 98.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 147% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	45.8% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 16.2 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 11.4 27% 9.57 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 54%

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: $517

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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