Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


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 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 68.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	28.9% 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	103% 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	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 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
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Memory 93 1-Core 75.1 2-Core 149 65% 106 Pts	4-Core 236 8-Core 424 40% 330 Pts	64-Core 424 26% 424 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% PowerColor(148C 2336) 2GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.2.2 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	28.9% Poor	Lighting 35.2 Reflection 30.8 Parallax 47.1 29% 37.7 fps	MRender 30.5 Gravity 34.2 Splatting 40.9 29% 35.2 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 187GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 286 275 285 285 280 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 458 Mixed 368 SusWrite 299 91% 404 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 78.9 4K Mixed 52.1 170% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 260 195% 261 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 45GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 173 172 173 170 173 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 134 Mixed 81.9 SusWrite 172 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 182% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 112%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$78 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 178GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 75 75 76 76 75 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 79.6 Write 72.8 Mixed 59.2 SusWrite 75 53% 71.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 7,948 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 18.9 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 12.8 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 70%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 65%

Destroyer

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	50x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	36x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	32x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	45x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	32x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	26x

Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $344

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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