Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	13.5% 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	243% 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 (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-8100-$110 81,392 User benchmarks, average bench 71% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 117 2-Core 233 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 470 63% 469 Pts	64-Core 443 27% 443 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 550-$79 79,894 User benchmarks, average bench 14% AMD(1002 0B04) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1071 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 21.8.2 Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	13.5% Very poor	Lighting 14.8 Reflection 25.5 Parallax 19.6 12% 20 fps	MRender 24.1 Gravity 14.5 Splatting 20.6 16% 19.7 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 13.5% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS3030 500GB SSD 12,500 User benchmarks, average bench 195% 423GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS303321 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1954 655 541 549 566 568 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	243% Outstanding	Read 1,303 Write 2,001 Mixed 1,468 SusWrite 806 315% 1,394 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 190 4K Mixed 77.6 267% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 1467 DQ Write 1,170 DQ Mixed 1,385 1,018% 1,341 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 243% Great: 266%
WDC WDS100T2G0A-00JH30 1TB 17,953 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 627GB free Firmware: 411040WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 450 444 444 453 451 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 459 Mixed 285 SusWrite 443 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 53.3 186% 67.3 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 216 198% 305 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	81.5% Excellent	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 33 MC Mixed 23.7 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 24.3 72% 25 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 104%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 65%

Destroyer

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 54%

Yacht

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	174x
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	169x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	143x

RAM
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	135x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	39x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	35x

Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $437

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