Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 66.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	23.4% 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	202% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990X-Gaming SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 16 '20 at 11:54
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 way above expectations (90^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Memory 89.6 1-Core 72.6 2-Core 129 61% 97 Pts	4-Core 232 8-Core 436 40% 334 Pts	64-Core 432 27% 432 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 370-$153 39,178 User benchmarks, average bench 21% PowerColor(148C 2015) 2GB CLim: 985 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.9.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	23.4% Poor	Lighting 27.4 Reflection 31.8 Parallax 33.9 22% 31 fps	MRender 28.9 Gravity 23.8 Splatting 37.7 25% 30.1 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 23%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$90 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 722GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 882 995 1013 1061 1051 1051 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	202% Outstanding	Read 1,124 Write 989 Mixed 964 SusWrite 1,009 230% 1,021 MB/s	4K Read 52.5 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 72.6 233% 79.7 MB/s	DQ Read 525 DQ Write 466 DQ Mixed 480 364% 490 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 202% Great: 410%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 931GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 431 437 450 449 447 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Read 424 Write 413 Mixed 381 SusWrite 433 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 69.9 4K Mixed 40.9 134% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 259 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 192 147% 203 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GB 1,736 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 933 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (48^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.9% Average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 15.8 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 13.3 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 97%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	12x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	8x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 43%, 4,751 samples	6x

Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $217

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