Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.51% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	170% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 1700-$195 144,475 User benchmarks, average bench 69% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Memory 77.7 1-Core 98.4 2-Core 197 70% 124 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 768 69% 581 Pts	64-Core 1,079 67% 1,079 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 250 25,802 User benchmarks, average bench 8% MSI(1462 3011) 2GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.12.1 Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	7.51% Terrible	Lighting 9.4 Reflection 10.1 Parallax 14.3 8% 11.3 fps	MRender 7.2 Gravity 11 Splatting 8.3 7% 8.83 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.51% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme 256GB 256GB 2,446 User benchmarks, average bench 153% 182GB free (System drive) Firmware: R1115A0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 601 482 479 193 273 398 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 1,632 Write 1,190 Mixed 1,041 SusWrite 404 237% 1,067 MB/s	4K Read 47.6 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 45.6 198% 73.2 MB/s	DQ Read 773 DQ Write 162 DQ Mixed 106 171% 347 MB/s
Poor: 96% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 200%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 139 141 141 140 140 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Read 155 Write 138 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 140 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 188% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 43.7 MC Write 39.2 MC Mixed 33.4 111% 38.8 GB/s	SC Read 23.4 SC Write 37 SC Mixed 28.4 85% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 85 47% 85 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 70%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 64%

Destroyer

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	435x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	233x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	658x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	246x

Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $732

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