Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 67.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	5.84% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Memory 92 1-Core 70.7 2-Core 141 63% 101 Pts	4-Core 230 8-Core 397 38% 313 Pts	64-Core 413 26% 413 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 550-$79 79,894 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Asus(1043 0513) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1183 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 21.5.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	5.84% Terrible	Lighting 0.2 Reflection 28.1 Parallax 21.5 0% 16.6 fps	MRender 26.5 Gravity 16 Splatting 20 17% 20.8 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 5.84% Great: 16%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Hitachi HTS725025A9A364 250GB-$79 2,695 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 173GB free (System drive) Firmware: PC2OC72E SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.8 5.1 6.1 15 19 24 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	5.17% Terrible	Read 5.5 Write 2.2 Mixed 7.5 SusWrite 12.5 5% 6.93 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 17% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 5.17% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 2,734 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	49.1% Average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 17.4 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 13 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 97%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $465

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