Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 63.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	34% 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	35.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (69%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (60^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% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Memory 88.7 1-Core 49.7 2-Core 108 53% 82.1 Pts	4-Core 208 8-Core 404 36% 306 Pts	64-Core 432 27% 432 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3205) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	34% Below average	Lighting 44.2 Reflection 42.2 Parallax 37.2 36% 41.2 fps	MRender 38.5 Gravity 38.8 Splatting 34.2 30% 37.2 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 177GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0105A SusWrite @10s intervals: 263 139 131 126 131 131 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	35.1% Below average	Read 316 Write 337 Mixed 17.3 SusWrite 154 46% 206 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 10.5 4K Mixed 2.7 38% 10.8 MB/s	DQ Read 28.4 DQ Write 87.2 DQ Mixed 22.9 28% 46.2 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 465GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 214 214 216 212 214 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 205 Write 162 Mixed 89.5 SusWrite 214 122% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 88%
Samsung Flash Drive 32GB 12,134 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 22 24 24 20 25 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	29% Poor	Read 134 Write 21.2 Mixed 52.2 SusWrite 22.3 60% 57.3 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 2.5 143% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/ KHX1866C10D3/ KHX1866C10D3/ KHX1866C10D3/ 24GB 177 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 933, 933, 933, 933 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	44.8% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 15.7 45% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 10.9 28% 9.93 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 56%

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 $40	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