Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (13th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 87 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 41.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	46.1% 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)
Boot Drive	56.6% 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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing way below expectations (13^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 4.2 GHz, turbo 1.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	41.8% Average	Memory 69.3 1-Core 24.6 2-Core 43.5 34% 45.8 Pts	4-Core 79.9 8-Core 122 12% 101 Pts	64-Core 128 8% 128 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 452.06 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	46.1% Average	Lighting 49.6 Reflection 68.6 Parallax 66.6 40% 61.6 fps	MRender 72.3 Gravity 69.5 Splatting 68.3 57% 70 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 242 233 199 113 86 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	56.6% Above average	Read 368 Write 243 Mixed 277 SusWrite 161 59% 262 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 32.8 4K Mixed 21.3 77% 25.2 MB/s	DQ Read 196 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 186 140% 186 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 134%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 359GB free Firmware: 07.04C07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 74 78 78 77 77 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	45.2% Average	Read 81 Write 81.5 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 76.3 55% 74 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 158% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 69%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 32GB-$9 66,405 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 25GB free, PID 1666 SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.2 8.4 7.8 8.7 9 7.5 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	5.69% Terrible	Read 21.8 Write 5.5 Mixed 10.2 SusWrite 7.9 13% 11.4 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 1.1 50% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 5.69% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	31.5% Below average	MC Read 11.6 MC Write 9.7 MC Mixed 12.7 32% 11.3 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 5.5 SC Mixed 7.8 18% 6.4 GB/s	Latency 103 39% 103 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 76%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	140x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	47x
1866 CL10 Series 2x8GBUnknownBench 54%, 7,244 samples	34x

Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $289

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $33	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