Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	25.4% 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	140% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990FX-GAMING (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160406
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '18 at 16:42
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9590-$298 26,109 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.9 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Memory 95 1-Core 86.3 2-Core 169 70% 117 Pts	4-Core 301 8-Core 527 50% 414 Pts	64-Core 532 33% 532 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 560-$500 60,738 User benchmarks, average bench 22% Asus(1043 04BC) ≥ 4GB; ROG-STRIX-RX560-4GB-Gaming, Asus RX 560 CLim: 1275 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.12.2 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	25.4% Poor	Lighting 30.4 Reflection 31.5 Parallax 38.9 25% 33.6 fps	MRender 31.8 Gravity 29.7 Splatting 35.5 27% 32.3 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 25.4% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M8Pe NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$149 2,380 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 406GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.06 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Read 1,380 Write 775 Mixed 848 221% 1,001 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 69.6 4K Mixed 19.3 122% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 38.3 DQ Write 67.8 DQ Mixed 19.1 24% 41.7 MB/s
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 237%
OCZ AMD Radeon R7 240GB-$110 2,356 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 113GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2516 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1406 (AB) Unknown 100 100 81689424 (AE) Unknown 100 100 408 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 38 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 99 99 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2449 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3183 (F9) Unknown 100 100 100092894	87.9% Excellent	Read 484 Write 472 Mixed 463 106% 473 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 63.3 4K Mixed 26.5 103% 37.7 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 14.9 58% 129 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 992164 (99716 2x4GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	MC Read 22 MC Write 15.5 MC Mixed 16.7 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 13.9 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 52%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 36%

Jet ski

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

Raft

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	11x
GP-ASM2NE2256GTTDR 256GBGigabyteBench 158%, 4,456 samples	10x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	9x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	24x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 60%, 1,520 samples	8x
F3 DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 45%, 445 samples	7x

Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $303

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16