Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 61.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	51% 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)
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 (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Memory 87 1-Core 73.6 2-Core 130 60% 96.7 Pts	4-Core 198 8-Core 376 34% 287 Pts	64-Core 417 26% 417 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51% Above average	Lighting 62.2 Reflection 69 Parallax 60.8 51% 64 fps	MRender 73.5 Gravity 63 Splatting 55.7 52% 64.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$32 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: 03090004 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 443 Write 301 Mixed 300 77% 348 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 47.9 4K Mixed 32.1 107% 35.5 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 113 91% 128 MB/s
Poor: 33% Great: 85%
Seagate ST3200822AS 200GB-$33 4,227 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 186GB free Firmware: 3.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 59 59 60 59 59 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	34.5% Below average	Read 60.8 Write 30.3 Mixed 38.7 SusWrite 59.1 35% 47.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 34%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 28,278 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 358GB free Firmware: 00.0NA00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 87 89 89 89 89 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	52.9% Above average	Read 95.7 Write 95 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 88.3 62% 84.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 179% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G F3-1600C11-8GNT 16GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	48.3% Average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 17.1 50% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 12.6 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 51%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 28%

Raft

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	37x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	24x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	18x

Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $610

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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