Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.2%, 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	78.1% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Memory 91.1 1-Core 73 2-Core 141 63% 102 Pts	4-Core 257 8-Core 436 42% 347 Pts	64-Core 432 27% 432 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E271) CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	29.9% Poor	Lighting 38.1 Reflection 34 Parallax 45.2 31% 39.1 fps	MRender 30 Gravity 31.6 Splatting 38.4 28% 33.3 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 169 103 101 126 103 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	78.1% Very good	Read 440 Write 352 Mixed 65.3 SusWrite 146 55% 251 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 83.4 4K Mixed 38.6 133% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 242 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 42.4 83% 168 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 103%
WD WD2003FYPS-27W9B 2TB 9,937 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1.5TB free Firmware: 04.05G11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 94 93 94 94 94 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 93.8 Write 97.7 Mixed 70.3 SusWrite 93.4 66% 88.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2x8GB 2,237 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.5% Below average	MC Read 10.5 MC Write 10.2 MC Mixed 9 28% 9.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 10.5 28% 9.63 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 55%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 27%

Raft

Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $490

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