Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 57.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	35% 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	70.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (98%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4350-$57 11,995 User benchmarks, average bench 57% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Memory 90.9 1-Core 57.7 2-Core 99.9 55% 82.8 Pts	4-Core 132 8-Core 209 21% 171 Pts	64-Core 220 14% 220 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3201) 2GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35% Below average	Lighting 45.1 Reflection 44.3 Parallax 43.6 37% 44.4 fps	MRender 40.1 Gravity 40.7 Splatting 36 32% 38.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 369GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 147 196 200 229 211 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Read 397 Write 370 Mixed 176 SusWrite 190 63% 283 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 48.8 4K Mixed 32.8 108% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 215 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 108 107% 171 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 111%
Hitachi HDS721025CLA382 250GB-$20 5,436 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 233GB free Firmware: JP1OA3FF SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 109 124 127 127 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	71.6% Very good	Read 130 Write 129 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 120 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 129 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	45.4% Average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 11.6 MC Mixed 16.6 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 12.2 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 50%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 20%

Surfboard

Desktop 64%

Destroyer

Workstation 15%

Surfboard

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	18x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	18x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	16x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 43%, 4,751 samples	20x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	17x
F3 DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 41%, 3,080 samples	11x

Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $392

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