Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	60.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Memory 93.3 1-Core 71.9 2-Core 143 64% 103 Pts	4-Core 287 8-Core 418 44% 353 Pts	64-Core 436 27% 436 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 64%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 33 134 15 22 132 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	60.5% Good	Read 389 Write 223 Mixed 225 SusWrite 73.4 50% 227 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 61 4K Mixed 27 102% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 120 113% 177 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 582GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 143 142 144 142 140 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Read 135 Write 135 Mixed 79.1 SusWrite 138 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GB 7,567 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	48.6% Average	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 15.7 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 11.4 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 50%

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) $33	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