Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 67.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	30.8% 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	93.4% 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	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.

PC Performing as expected (50^th 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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Memory 87.9 1-Core 68.8 2-Core 139 61% 98.7 Pts	4-Core 252 8-Core 433 41% 342 Pts	64-Core 408 25% 408 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Gigabyte(1458 2272) CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.9.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.8% Below average	Lighting 39 Reflection 35.3 Parallax 47.1 32% 40.5 fps	MRender 30.9 Gravity 32.7 Splatting 39.6 29% 34.4 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 480GB-$199 9,250 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 200GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 373 425 392 390 374 356 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 450 Mixed 333 SusWrite 385 94% 416 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 68.8 4K Mixed 33.6 125% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 148 141% 222 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 114%
WD Black 500GB (2012)-$49 20,548 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 158GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 123 122 123 123 123 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Read 133 Write 124 Mixed 81.7 SusWrite 123 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 212% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 105%
TANDBERG RDX 1TB 102 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 384GB free, PID 0006 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 46 44 48 38 44 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	16.5% Very poor	Read 18.7 Write 31.4 Mixed 17.9 SusWrite 42.9 40% 27.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 70% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Vulcan-2400 2x8GB 444 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.4% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 15.3 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 11.8 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 69.6 57% 69.6 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 87%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 28%

Raft

Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $436

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16