Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Destroyer	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 71.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	10.4% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

PC Performing above expectations (68^th 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 4.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Memory 91.5 1-Core 75.4 2-Core 150 65% 106 Pts	4-Core 275 8-Core 465 45% 370 Pts	64-Core 462 29% 462 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% EVGA(3842 1556) 1GB CLim: 951 MHz, MLim: 1089 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 347.88 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	10.4% Very poor	Lighting 11.7 Reflection 13.7 Parallax 9.81 10% 11.7 fps	MRender 16.2 Gravity 12.4 Splatting 15.6 12% 14.7 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.4% Great: 9%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda Green 1TB-$75 15,105 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 335GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 40 52 65 47 53 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	35.3% Below average	Read 68 Write 77 Mixed 30 SusWrite 53.2 42% 57 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 6.2 4K Mixed 0.4 188% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMX4GX3M1A1333C9 CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 CMX4GX3M1A1333C9 CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	48.1% Average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 16.6 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 13.1 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 52%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 27%

Raft

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	11x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	11x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	9x

Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $376

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