Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 65.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	29.7% 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	49.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (67^th 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 (86^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Memory 84.1 1-Core 73.1 2-Core 131 59% 96 Pts	4-Core 250 8-Core 396 40% 323 Pts	64-Core 372 23% 372 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Sapphire(174B A003) CLim: 940 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 21.5.2 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.7% Poor	Lighting 39.2 Reflection 34.2 Parallax 53 32% 42.1 fps	MRender 30 Gravity 41.5 Splatting 23.5 25% 31.7 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 240GB-$196 15,660 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 125GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 140 78 66 155 148 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	49.2% Average	Read 339 Write 323 Mixed 246 SusWrite 118 57% 257 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 42.3 4K Mixed 24.6 83% 28.8 MB/s	DQ Read 26.7 DQ Write 82 DQ Mixed 34.2 32% 47.6 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 95%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 924GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 144 80 68 156 149 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Read 193 Write 172 Mixed 88.4 SusWrite 120 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.2 212% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 109%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 146 144 145 146 147 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 146 Mixed 84.4 SusWrite 146 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 10,715 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 15.5 MC Mixed 18.5 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 12.4 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 73.3 55% 73.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 54%

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	148x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	68x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 39%, 4,786 samples	61x

Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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