Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Gunboat	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 61.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	6.63% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Very high background CPU (85%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8310 1,697 User benchmarks, average bench 60% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Memory 89 1-Core 54.7 2-Core 115 55% 86.3 Pts	4-Core 188 8-Core 322 31% 255 Pts	64-Core 306 19% 306 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 240 58,337 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 85F1) 2GB CLim: 780 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.20 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	6.63% Terrible	Lighting 8.13 Reflection 8.35 Parallax 10.3 7% 8.92 fps	MRender 7.9 Gravity 7.77 Splatting 8.48 7% 8.05 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.63% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: MX4OABS0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 132 124 151 143 154 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Read 88.5 Write 169 Mixed 32.8 SusWrite 140 78% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.4 117% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston ASU16D3LU1KFG/8G 1x8GB 651 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	30.4% Below average	MC Read 10.3 MC Write 9.7 MC Mixed 8.9 28% 9.63 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 9.2 26% 9.07 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 34%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 56%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

SSD
SSD Plus 120GBSanDisk $42Bench 58%, 87,912 samples	2x
SSD 500GBSeagateBench 90%, 1,930 samples	2x
Solid State Disk 1TBSpccBench 79%, 17,192 samples	2x

RAM
ASU16D3LU1KBGR/4G 4x4GBKingstonBench 42%, 103 samples	5x
M378B1G73DB0-CK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 30%, 12,268 samples	4x
ASU16D3LU1KFG/8G 1x8GBKingstonBench 30%, 651 samples	3x

Value: 8% - Terrible

Total price: $42

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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