Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 66.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	32.5% 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	47.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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

PC Performing as expected (59^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% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Memory 87.7 1-Core 69.8 2-Core 101 56% 86.2 Pts	4-Core 249 8-Core 415 40% 332 Pts	64-Core 409 25% 409 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Sapphire(174B A003) CLim: 940 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 20.3.1 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	32.5% Below average	Lighting 41.8 Reflection 30.2 Parallax 54.9 34% 42.3 fps	MRender 28.8 Gravity 40.5 Splatting 37.3 29% 35.5 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
JD 120GB 120GB 680 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q1115A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 291 94 57 36 28 33 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	47.9% Average	Read 447 Write 364 Mixed 24 SusWrite 89.9 51% 231 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 15.4 4K Mixed 13.1 60% 17.1 MB/s	DQ Read 77.8 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 0.3 44% 102 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 112%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 624GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 114 110 121 119 117 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	65.7% Good	Read 112 Write 119 Mixed 79.1 SusWrite 117 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 85%
Sandisk Ultra 16GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 8GB free Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 22 22 22 22 22 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	43.7% Average	Read 128 Write 25.3 Mixed 37.4 SusWrite 22.2 39% 53.3 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 2.7 545% 3.07 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 7,844 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.3% Average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 14.8 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 11.9 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 70%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 65%

Destroyer

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	51x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	36x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	32x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	46x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	32x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	26x

Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $377

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