Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 67.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	24.2% 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	55.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Memory 93.4 1-Core 70 2-Core 137 62% 100 Pts	4-Core 231 8-Core 388 38% 310 Pts	64-Core 383 24% 383 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 370-$153 39,178 User benchmarks, average bench 21% Gigabyte(1458 2015) CLim: 1015 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	24.2% Poor	Lighting 28.9 Reflection 32.9 Parallax 35.7 24% 32.5 fps	MRender 28.8 Gravity 23.6 Splatting 37.9 25% 30.1 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 24.2% Great: 23%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71B1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 35 11 52 50 7.8 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Read 415 Write 223 Mixed 306 SusWrite 62.1 56% 252 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 63.8 4K Mixed 19.6 90% 34.6 MB/s	DQ Read 226 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 32.4 66% 135 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 100%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 85GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 110 111 115 115 116 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 112 Write 109 Mixed 60.4 SusWrite 112 72% 98.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 62%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 8GB-$7 16,591 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 6GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5 5.7 5.4 5 4.7 4.6 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 47 Write 3.5 SusWrite 5 15% 18.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 14% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 5% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D1609DS Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A160 BLS4G3D1609DS Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A160 16GB 57 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 800, 667, 800, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	50.7% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 18 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 13.8 33% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 61.1 65% 61.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 51%

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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