Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 68.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	25.6% 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	39.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Memory 91.3 1-Core 26 2-Core 131 51% 82.8 Pts	4-Core 245 8-Core 395 39% 320 Pts	64-Core 432 27% 432 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E271) CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.20 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	25.6% Poor	Lighting 30 Reflection 33 Parallax 43.3 24% 35.5 fps	MRender 29.6 Gravity 32.1 Splatting 38.3 28% 33.3 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 25.6% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Series 500GB 7,390 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 63 61 61 56 55 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	39.7% Below average	Read 181 Write 68.8 Mixed 131 SusWrite 63.6 25% 111 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 36.2 4K Mixed 20.6 74% 25.1 MB/s	DQ Read 191 DQ Write 72.6 DQ Mixed 54.5 61% 106 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 89%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 106GB free Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 362 338 371 379 350 358 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Read 448 Write 399 Mixed 383 SusWrite 359 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 62.4 4K Mixed 42.7 137% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 258 192% 255 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 99 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.5% Below average	MC Read 11 MC Write 10.8 MC Mixed 9.3 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 9.9 27% 9.57 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 109%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 28%

Raft

Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $440

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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