Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 64.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	21.5% 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	43.8% 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.

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

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Memory 85.8 1-Core 69.3 2-Core 123 58% 92.8 Pts	4-Core 239 8-Core 421 40% 330 Pts	64-Core 406 25% 406 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Sapphire(174B E258) CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.1.4 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	21.5% Poor	Lighting 25.7 Reflection 28.8 Parallax 30 21% 28.2 fps	MRender 26.3 Gravity 24.3 Splatting 30.8 23% 27.1 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Gigabyte SSD 120GB-$31 13,685 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 112 84 63 109 54 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	43.8% Average	Read 300 Write 194 Mixed 179 SusWrite 94.3 43% 192 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 37.3 4K Mixed 19.2 80% 26.7 MB/s	DQ Read 28.9 DQ Write 53.3 DQ Mixed 26 24% 36.1 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 86%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 381GB free Firmware: 18.01H18 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 112 111 113 114 113 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Read 115 Write 113 Mixed 69 SusWrite 112 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/4G 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 800, 933, 933 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	33.2% Below average	MC Read 12.4 MC Write 11.1 MC Mixed 10.8 33% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 6.3 SC Write 6.8 SC Mixed 7.6 20% 6.9 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 41%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 27%

Raft

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	11x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	11x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	9x

Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $376

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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