Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	29.7% 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)
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 way above expectations (86^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Memory 87.6 1-Core 74.6 2-Core 146 63% 103 Pts	4-Core 294 8-Core 418 45% 356 Pts	64-Core 428 26% 428 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E271) CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.5.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	29.7% Poor	Lighting 37.6 Reflection 33.7 Parallax 48.9 31% 40.1 fps	MRender 30 Gravity 32.9 Splatting 37.7 28% 33.5 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 448 Write 401 Mixed 289 84% 379 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 73.2 4K Mixed 41.1 152% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 151 137% 209 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Tp00250g B 250GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 93GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 74 77 78 78 77 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	47.5% Average	Read 88.3 Write 92 Mixed 59.2 SusWrite 76.8 58% 79.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 90%
Em200ab0 00 200GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 169GB free Firmware: 0002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 63 65 65 65 65 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	36.9% Below average	Read 64.2 Write 64.3 Mixed 37.3 SusWrite 64.3 42% 57.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 102% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 37%
WD Blue 2.5" 160GB (2009)-$23 13,176 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 55GB free Firmware: 11.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 57 58 58 58 58 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	33.3% Below average	Read 58.2 Write 59 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 57.5 39% 53.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2x4GB 3,295 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	45.3% Average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 15.4 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 13.5 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 51%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	149x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	68x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 39%, 4,786 samples	62x

Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16