Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 16% 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 62.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	24.7% 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	48.6% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). 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-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	62.9% Good	Memory 77.6 1-Core 70.5 2-Core 134 57% 93.9 Pts	4-Core 261 8-Core 425 42% 343 Pts	64-Core 427 26% 427 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 560-$500 60,738 User benchmarks, average bench 22% MSI(1462 8A91) CLim: 1196 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.3.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	24.7% Poor	Lighting 29.5 Reflection 30.5 Parallax 37.6 24% 32.5 fps	MRender 30 Gravity 30.2 Splatting 33.7 26% 31.3 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 24.7% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Burst 960GB 4,793 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 116 183 211 136 151 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	48.6% Average	Read 446 Write 380 Mixed 346 SusWrite 160 74% 333 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 15.2 4K Mixed 0.8 47% 13.8 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 173 136% 185 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 102%
WD Green 1.5TB (2011)-$51 6,566 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 718GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 46 59 60 60 60 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	42.3% Average	Read 91.8 Write 84.4 Mixed 64.7 SusWrite 55.4 55% 74.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 65%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$112 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 167 173 178 175 161 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 166 Mixed 70.7 SusWrite 169 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX Corsair CMV8GX3M1A1600C11 KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	41.6% Average	MC Read 18 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 12.9 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 5.7 SC Mixed 10.3 24% 8.33 GB/s	Latency 85.2 47% 85.2 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 42%

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	85x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	55x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	50x

Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $358

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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16