Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 62.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	49.6% 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	46.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	18GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 18GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$175 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Memory 86.4 1-Core 58.2 2-Core 114 55% 86.2 Pts	4-Core 210 8-Core 324 33% 267 Pts	64-Core 336 21% 336 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E283) CLim: 960 MHz, MLim: 1260 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.6.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	49.6% Average	Lighting 61.2 Reflection 55 Parallax 70.7 50% 62.3 fps	MRender 55.6 Gravity 47.7 Splatting 71.4 49% 58.2 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk Ultra II 500GB 3,299 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 211GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 183 175 188 193 191 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	46.4% Average	Read 204 Write 178 Mixed 129 SusWrite 181 39% 173 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 42 4K Mixed 20.3 83% 28.4 MB/s	DQ Read 26.9 DQ Write 64.4 DQ Mixed 36 30% 42.4 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 541GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 150 150 154 152 153 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Read 153 Write 147 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 150 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.1 234% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 18GB 8,131 User benchmarks, average bench 42% null MHz 4096, 4096, 2048, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	44.9% Average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 15.5 45% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 11.9 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 57%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 50%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

GPU
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 1%, 21,841 samples	139x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	127x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	90x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	85x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	56x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	48x

Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $128

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