Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 57.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	47% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	76.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Memory 79 1-Core 65.8 2-Core 110 54% 84.9 Pts	4-Core 198 8-Core 325 32% 262 Pts	64-Core 332 21% 332 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 536.23 Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47% Average	Lighting 57.3 Reflection 65.4 Parallax 59.4 47% 60.7 fps	MRender 64.5 Gravity 58.5 Splatting 53.7 48% 58.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 183GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 283 300 309 309 314 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Read 482 Write 392 Mixed 373 SusWrite 303 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 22.2 4K Mixed 26.7 102% 28.7 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 57.5 DQ Mixed 103 92% 147 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 931GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 185 193 201 196 201 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 209 Write 190 Mixed 87.2 SusWrite 193 124% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	41.4% Average	MC Read 15.6 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 14 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 12.2 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 82.5 48% 82.5 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 47%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	85x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	55x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	50x

Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $354

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16