Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 62.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	29.9% 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	61.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-920-$90 69,074 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	62.3% Good	Memory 83 1-Core 70.2 2-Core 140 60% 97.9 Pts	4-Core 226 8-Core 329 35% 278 Pts	64-Core 339 21% 339 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Gigabyte(1458 229A) 3GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.9% Poor	Lighting 39 Reflection 35.2 Parallax 54.3 32% 42.8 fps	MRender 31.1 Gravity 42.8 Splatting 24.8 26% 32.9 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 34%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1Z40102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 231 233 173 214 228 MB/s Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	61.5% Good	Read 256 Write 233 Mixed 234 SusWrite 218 53% 235 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 48 4K Mixed 23.8 96% 32.8 MB/s	DQ Read 205 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 46.8 76% 147 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% null MHz 2048, 2048, 4096 MB Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	19.4% Very poor	MC Read 6.8 MC Write 4.6 MC Mixed 5.1 16% 5.5 GB/s	SC Read 4.8 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 7.2 18% 6.3 GB/s	Latency 75.1 53% 75.1 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 51%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 18%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 15%

Tree trunk

Value: 44% - Average

Total price: $350

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16