Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 63.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	29.4% 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	60.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Memory 84 1-Core 68.8 2-Core 132 59% 95 Pts	4-Core 233 8-Core 375 37% 304 Pts	64-Core 425 26% 425 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 68%

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: 20.4.2 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.4% Poor	Lighting 37.9 Reflection 27.2 Parallax 46.9 31% 37.4 fps	MRender 26.2 Gravity 36.8 Splatting 33.5 27% 32.2 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 120GB-$15 37,154 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 32 72 41 80 40 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 490 Write 387 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 102 55% 251 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 14.5 4K Mixed 26.5 82% 22.5 MB/s	DQ Read 173 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 1.2 57% 135 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 86%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 841GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 174 175 177 175 176 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 218 Write 171 Mixed 97.3 SusWrite 175 121% 165 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 250% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/ F3-12800CL9-4 KHX1600C10D3/ F3-12800CL9-4 16GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	47% Average	MC Read 19 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 16.9 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 12.3 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 73.5 54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 48%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 36%

Jet ski

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 29%

Raft

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	18x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	17x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	16x

Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $395

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16