Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 57.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	33.4% 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	22.7% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6350 Six-Core-$100 29,222 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Memory 81.5 1-Core 67.6 2-Core 123 56% 90.7 Pts	4-Core 193 8-Core 218 27% 205 Pts	64-Core 256 16% 256 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3201) 2GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 442.74 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.4% Below average	Lighting 43.1 Reflection 41.6 Parallax 37.3 35% 40.7 fps	MRender 38.9 Gravity 38.2 Splatting 33.9 30% 37 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 304GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1C2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 39 55 32 41 48 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	22.7% Poor	Read 184 Write 99.8 Mixed 86 SusWrite 50.7 23% 105 MB/s	4K Read 10.6 4K Write 17.4 4K Mixed 9.7 38% 12.6 MB/s	DQ Read 15 DQ Write 16.2 DQ Mixed 14.1 11% 15.1 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 102%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 112GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 89 87 87 86 90 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	54.3% Above average	Read 333 Write 128 Mixed 159 SusWrite 88.3 39% 177 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 56.9 4K Mixed 29 99% 35.6 MB/s	DQ Read 93.1 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 102 78% 105 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 930GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 170 171 171 171 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 165 Mixed 87 SusWrite 170 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 234% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G 24GB 687 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.8% Average	MC Read 18 MC Write 12.5 MC Mixed 14.4 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 9.7 26% 8.93 GB/s	Latency 77.8 51% 77.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 63%

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: 70% - Very good

Total price: $358

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) $48	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16