Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 68.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	22.9% 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	48.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 (97^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Memory 94.1 1-Core 71.7 2-Core 144 64% 103 Pts	4-Core 232 8-Core 412 39% 322 Pts	64-Core 428 26% 428 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gigabyte(1458 3635) 3GB CLim: 1254 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22.9% Poor	Lighting 27 Reflection 24.7 Parallax 32.3 22% 28 fps	MRender 34.4 Gravity 32 Splatting 26 25% 30.8 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.9% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 60GB-$76 24,219 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 96 113 109 110 100 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	48.9% Average	Read 232 Write 138 Mixed 165 SusWrite 106 36% 160 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 45.5 4K Mixed 28.6 98% 32.8 MB/s	DQ Read 31.7 DQ Write 91.5 DQ Mixed 40.4 37% 54.5 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 69%
WD Elements 25A1 1.5TB 818 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 138GB free, PID 25a1 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 28 28 29 28 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	15.1% Very poor	Read 25.4 Write 28.4 Mixed 21.9 SusWrite 27.9 36% 25.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 80% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 15.1% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT4G3D1608ET 2x4GB 101 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 17.6 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 13.4 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.9% 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	148x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	68x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 39%, 4,786 samples	61x

Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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