Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34.9% 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	99.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 X 990-$499 4,994 User benchmarks, average bench 78% LGA1366, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.45 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 96.5 1-Core 88.8 2-Core 191 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 579 62% 491 Pts	64-Core 754 47% 754 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Asus(1043 3006) 3GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.300.1025.1001 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	34.9% Below average	Lighting 44.8 Reflection 31.1 Parallax 65.4 36% 47.1 fps	MRender 30.1 Gravity 46.1 Splatting 39.2 32% 38.5 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M8Se NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$34 390 User benchmarks, average bench 137% 200GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 255 215 210 232 221 244 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Read 624 Write 515 Mixed 505 SusWrite 230 105% 468 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 56.5 4K Mixed 40.2 131% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 586 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 406 310% 428 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 172%
WD Re 2TB-$54 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01D01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 134 138 138 139 139 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Read 156 Write 136 Mixed 88.7 SusWrite 135 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 83%
Asmt 2105 1TB 725 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 694GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 27 29 28 29 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	16.9% Very poor	Read 32.5 Write 16 Mixed 19.7 SusWrite 26.1 17% 23.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16.9% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6x2GB 38,297 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 6 of 6 slots used 12GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	MC Read 20 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 21.1 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 11.5 30% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 52.2 77% 52.2 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 59%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 35%

Jet ski

Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 28%

Raft

Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $380

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