Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 68%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	78.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	45.7% 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 (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$175 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68% Good	Memory 91.8 1-Core 70.5 2-Core 128 61% 96.7 Pts	4-Core 240 8-Core 387 38% 314 Pts	64-Core 393 24% 393 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 375A) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Lighting 100 Reflection 90.3 Parallax 82.9 82% 91.1 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 88.1 Splatting 78.4 73% 90.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin ECO2 240GB-$109 340 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: 609ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 140 134 139 128 75 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	45.7% Average	Read 149 Write 241 Mixed 214 SusWrite 129 42% 183 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 57.2 4K Mixed 27.8 94% 34.5 MB/s	DQ Read 27.7 DQ Write 86 DQ Mixed 34.5 33% 49.4 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 83%
Mushkin MKNSSDEC240GB 480GB 379GB free Firmware: SBFK61K1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 153 144 147 131 77 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 307 Write 175 Mixed 197 SusWrite 136 45% 204 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 36.9 4K Mixed 24.4 85% 27.9 MB/s	DQ Read 24.6 DQ Write 46.5 DQ Mixed 26.9 23% 32.7 MB/s

Seagate NAS HDD 3TB-$119 3,343 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2.5TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 167 171 170 171 171 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 178 Mixed 70.2 SusWrite 169 108% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GB 29,968 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	33.8% Below average	MC Read 11.9 MC Write 10.5 MC Mixed 10 31% 10.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 11.2 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 40%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 64%

Destroyer

Workstation 16%

Surfboard

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	21x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	15x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	13x

RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	14x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	13x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	12x

Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $217

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