Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 65% Destroyer	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 63.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	33.1% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130423
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '21 at 21:21
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Memory 79.7 1-Core 68.8 2-Core 133 57% 93.7 Pts	4-Core 254 8-Core 375 39% 315 Pts	64-Core 381 24% 381 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3205) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.1% Below average	Lighting 42.4 Reflection 44.4 Parallax 39.8 35% 42.2 fps	MRender 37.2 Gravity 40 Splatting 34.9 30% 37.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 280GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 63 63 83 88 88 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Read 158 Write 144 Mixed 71.1 SusWrite 73 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.2 230% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 109%
WD Elements 25A1 4TB 8,402 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2TB free, PID 25a1 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 23 23 24 24 24 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	17.6% Very poor	Read 24.8 Write 23.8 Mixed 21.3 SusWrite 23.4 32% 23.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.8 128% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	40.9% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 12.8 41% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 11.4 27% 9.6 GB/s	Latency 81.1 49% 81.1 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 61%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 50%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

GPU
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 1%, 21,841 samples	64x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	63x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	49x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	28x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	26x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	23x

Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $175

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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