Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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	37.1% 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)
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 940-$79 2,107 User benchmarks, average bench 66% J1PR, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Memory 86.5 1-Core 71.4 2-Core 135 60% 97.7 Pts	4-Core 238 8-Core 357 37% 297 Pts	64-Core 353 22% 353 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Sapphire(174B 3001) CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1550 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.20 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	37.1% Below average	Lighting 51.8 Reflection 19.2 Parallax 57.9 42% 43 fps	MRender 30.8 Gravity 48.1 Splatting 24.1 27% 34.3 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Burst 120GB 15,567 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 41.9 Write 162 Mixed 16.9 17% 73.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 32.2 4K Mixed 15.4 37% 16 MB/s	DQ Read 32.6 DQ Write 38.6 DQ Mixed 55.9 36% 42.4 MB/s
Poor: 38% Great: 88%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 23GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 62 81 65 72 75 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	34.2% Below average	Read 46.2 Write 42.7 Mixed 37 SusWrite 72.6 37% 49.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x8GB 168,538 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	20.8% Poor	MC Read 7 MC Write 5.4 MC Mixed 5.1 17% 5.83 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 7.4 SC Mixed 6.6 21% 7.2 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 67%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 61%

Destroyer

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	1,322x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples	1,139x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	1,040x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	821x
Virtual NVMe Disk 64GBVmwareBench 62%, 2,103 samples	455x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	424x

Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $325

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