Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 51.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	39.1% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4130 Quad-Core-$150 8,564 User benchmarks, average bench 52% CPU1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	Memory 71 1-Core 60.6 2-Core 116 50% 82.5 Pts	4-Core 191 8-Core 167 24% 179 Pts	64-Core 191 12% 191 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 59%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Gigabyte(1458 3001) CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.20 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	39.1% Below average	Lighting 52.9 Reflection 36.4 Parallax 61.9 43% 50.4 fps	MRender 35.2 Gravity 55.4 Splatting 27.7 31% 39.4 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 39%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apple HDD ST3000DM001 3TB 714 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: AP55 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 74 95 134 150 166 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Read 174 Write 160 Mixed 49.4 SusWrite 117 91% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TIMETEC-UD3-1333 TIMETEC-UD3-1333 16GB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.9% Below average	MC Read 17 MC Write 11.1 MC Mixed 15.5 42% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 7 SC Write 7.6 SC Mixed 11.4 25% 8.67 GB/s	Latency 99.1 40% 99.1 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 51%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 66%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

RAM
2x4GBAdataBench 60%, 13,050 samples	27x
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	7x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	6x

Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $265

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