Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 58.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	33% 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	22.7% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6350 Six-Core-$225 26,948 User benchmarks, average bench 64% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Memory 81.5 1-Core 56.8 2-Core 115 54% 84.4 Pts	4-Core 202 8-Core 238 29% 220 Pts	64-Core 304 20% 304 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 370,099 User benchmarks, average bench 34% MSI(1462 3201) 2GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 442.74 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33% Below average	Lighting 43.1 Reflection 41.6 Parallax 37.3 35% 40.7 fps	MRender 38.9 Gravity 38.2 Splatting 33.9 31% 37 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$55 243,664 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 304GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1C2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 39 55 32 41 48 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	22.7% Poor	Read 184 Write 99.8 Mixed 86 SusWrite 50.7 23% 105 MB/s	4K Read 10.6 4K Write 17.4 4K Mixed 9.7 38% 12.6 MB/s	DQ Read 15 DQ Write 16.2 DQ Mixed 14.1 11% 15.1 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 101%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$74 324,585 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 112GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 89 87 87 86 90 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Read 333 Write 128 Mixed 159 SusWrite 88.3 39% 177 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 56.9 4K Mixed 29 99% 35.6 MB/s	DQ Read 93.1 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 102 78% 105 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 2,961,831 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 930GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 170 171 171 171 171 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 165 Mixed 87 SusWrite 170 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 234% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G 24GB 672 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	41.8% Average	MC Read 18 MC Write 12.5 MC Mixed 14.4 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 9.7 26% 8.93 GB/s	Latency 77.8 51% 77.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 63%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 26%

Raft

Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 22%

Surfboard

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 715,782 samples	475x
A400 240GBKingston $29Bench 68%, 368,669 samples	467x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $74Bench 53%, 324,585 samples	454x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 58%, 114,582 samples	482x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 50%, 74,745 samples	408x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,264 samples	292x

Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $454

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $33	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $63	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $68	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $71	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $470	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16