Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 62.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	22.9% 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	68.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 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 (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6350 Six-Core-$100 29,222 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Memory 83.1 1-Core 73.1 2-Core 132 59% 96.2 Pts	4-Core 234 8-Core 301 34% 267 Pts	64-Core 318 20% 318 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% Sapphire(174B 2015) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.251.9001.0 Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	22.9% Poor	Lighting 27 Reflection 31.2 Parallax 31.3 22% 29.8 fps	MRender 27.7 Gravity 23.5 Splatting 36.3 25% 29.2 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 22.9% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Jamesdonkey JD240LE 240GB 1,978 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 195GB free (System drive) Firmware: JD2019 SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 340 356 356 336 341 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	68.4% Good	Read 417 Write 356 Mixed 289 SusWrite 342 79% 351 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 66.6 4K Mixed 14.9 82% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 77.3 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 22.1 54% 109 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 93%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 71GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 83 84 85 84 85 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	48.2% Average	Read 84.3 Write 88.1 Mixed 53.1 SusWrite 83.5 57% 77.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 158% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 4,885 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	MC Read 23.1 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 19.1 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 13.2 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 74.9 53% 74.9 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 50%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 20%

Surfboard

Desktop 65%

Destroyer

Workstation 16%

Surfboard

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	43x
BLS4G3D1609DS 2x4GBCrucialBench 43%, 4,102 samples	23x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	20x

Value: 60% - Good

Total price: $549

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