Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	8.08% 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	278% 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.

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 3 3300X-$150 15,293 User benchmarks, average bench 80% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 88.1 1-Core 155 2-Core 307 99% 183 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 757 78% 628 Pts	64-Core 756 47% 756 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTS 250 14,881 User benchmarks, average bench 7% MSI(1462 1542) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.01 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	8.08% Terrible	Lighting 11.3 Reflection 13.4 Parallax 4.1 9% 9.6 fps	MRender 9.4 Gravity 8.6 Splatting 4.7 6% 7.57 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.08% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1260 329 308 307 308 308 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	278% Outstanding	Read 2,529 Write 1,472 Mixed 1,044 SusWrite 470 304% 1,379 MB/s	4K Read 63.9 4K Write 203 4K Mixed 87.9 317% 118 MB/s	DQ Read 967 DQ Write 1,325 DQ Mixed 993 793% 1,095 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 278% Great: 280%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 452GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 102 104 102 102 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	Read 104 Write 99.2 Mixed 77.6 SusWrite 103 71% 96 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 4133 C19 Series 2x8GB 2,074 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 45.4 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 41.3 108% 38 GB/s	SC Read 30.4 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 40.8 94% 32.7 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 151%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 74%

Battleship

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 72%

Battleship

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	94x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	89x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	75x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	160x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	122x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	57x

Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $847

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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