Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 55% Gunboat	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 47.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	50.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	27% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Quad Q9550-$161 34,093 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.85 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	47.5% Average	Memory 69 1-Core 40 2-Core 80.5 41% 63.2 Pts	4-Core 152 8-Core 156 21% 154 Pts	64-Core 157 10% 157 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% MSI(1462 2015) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 21.19.160.769 Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.7% Above average	Lighting 62.6 Reflection 53.6 Parallax 76 51% 64.1 fps	MRender 54.1 Gravity 55.1 Splatting 70.7 50% 59.9 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apple SS D TS128A 121GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: AGAB Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	27% Poor	Read 113 Write 83.5 Mixed 84.8 21% 93.9 MB/s	4K Read 16.5 4K Write 32.2 4K Mixed 9.77 55% 19.5 MB/s	DQ Read 21.5 DQ Write 38.5 DQ Mixed 9.66 13% 23.2 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 27% Great: 28%
Seagate ST9320325AS 320GB-$34 18,767 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 173GB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	28.8% Poor	Read 64.4 Write 35.8 Mixed 39.1 35% 46.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 0.81 4K Mixed 0.22 54% 0.46 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 39%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 497GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 103 Write 97.1 Mixed 92.1 73% 97.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 0.36 4K Mixed 0.14 54% 0.42 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 83%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 163GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Read 103 Write 93.3 Mixed 88.5 71% 94.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.22 72% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DRAM Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	16.5% Very poor	MC Read 4.7 MC Write 6.5 MC Mixed 4.2 15% 5.13 GB/s	SC Read 4.7 SC Write 3.5 SC Mixed 4.5 12% 4.23 GB/s	Latency 104 38% 104 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 45%

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

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HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16