Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 70.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	18.8% 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	24.8% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 930-$199 19,497 User benchmarks, average bench 64% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	70.8% Very good	Memory 91.5 1-Core 75.8 2-Core 148 64% 105 Pts	4-Core 277 8-Core 368 41% 322 Pts	64-Core 373 23% 373 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Gigabyte(1458 2281) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.10.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	18.8% Very poor	Lighting 0.1 Reflection 60.9 Parallax 83.4 0% 48.1 fps	MRender 60.7 Gravity 60.3 Splatting 77 55% 66 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 18.8% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$25 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 88 78 83 77 89 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	24.8% Poor	Read 185 Write 144 Mixed 121 SusWrite 82.9 30% 133 MB/s	4K Read 12.3 4K Write 38.9 4K Mixed 0.1 39% 17.1 MB/s	DQ Read 11.3 DQ Write 73.1 DQ Mixed 10.4 17% 31.6 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 24.8% Great: 86%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 464GB free Firmware: SS16 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 111 111 113 113 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Read 103 Write 107 Mixed 57.6 SusWrite 112 70% 95.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x8GB 168,538 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 6 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	22.4% Poor	MC Read 7.4 MC Write 5.7 MC Mixed 5.6 18% 6.23 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 7.5 22% 7.73 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.4% Great: 67%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 24%

Surfboard

Desktop 70%

Battleship

Workstation 20%

Surfboard

Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $244

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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