Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 19% 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 65.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	31.9% 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	57.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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-8150-$770 22,181 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Memory 80.4 1-Core 73.5 2-Core 144 60% 99.3 Pts	4-Core 271 8-Core 420 43% 346 Pts	64-Core 406 25% 406 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Sapphire(174B A003) CLim: 940 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.5.2 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	31.9% Below average	Lighting 41 Reflection 29.7 Parallax 54.5 33% 41.7 fps	MRender 28.8 Gravity 40.1 Splatting 36.8 29% 35.2 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 291 302 315 309 303 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 407 Write 302 Mixed 213 SusWrite 294 68% 304 MB/s	4K Read 17.1 4K Write 30.5 4K Mixed 20.6 68% 22.7 MB/s	DQ Read 23.6 DQ Write 55.5 DQ Mixed 24.6 23% 34.6 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 76%
Seagate ST3250620AS 250GB-$149 6,960 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 73GB free Firmware: 3.AAE SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 46 45 45 45 45 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	30.2% Below average	Read 59.6 Write 37.1 Mixed 39 SusWrite 45.2 34% 45.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 30.2% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ4GX3M1A160 Kingston 9905403-153.A Kingston 9905403-153.A 8GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 667, 667, 667 MHz 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	30.3% Below average	MC Read 9.4 MC Write 8.8 MC Mixed 11 28% 9.73 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 10.3 27% 9.6 GB/s	Latency 79.8 50% 79.8 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 47%

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	62x

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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16