Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	15.7% 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)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 (all builds)
Memory	1.7 GB free of 4 GB @ 0 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121019
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '17 at 05:14
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Memory 93.7 1-Core 64.4 2-Core 143 62% 100 Pts	4-Core 256 8-Core 436 42% 346 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 550-$79 79,894 User benchmarks, average bench 14% MSI(1462 8A90) 2GB CLim: 1203 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.11.2 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	15.7% Very poor	Lighting 15.8 Reflection 29.3 Parallax 19.7 13% 21.6 fps	MRender 28.8 Gravity 14.1 Splatting 32.5 21% 25.1 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15.7% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 406GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS1OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 65536 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 73 (03) Spinup time 125 125 12896960695 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 854 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 31 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6397 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 851 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 893 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 893 (C2) HDA temperature 142 142 201864904746 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1553	85.3% Excellent	Read 156 Write 142 Mixed 125 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.18 69% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 103%
Seagate GoFlex Desk 1.5TB 104 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1.5TB free, PID 50a5 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	13.2% Very poor	Read 25.6 Write 24.8 Mixed 25.3 32% 25.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.33 57% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x4GB 154,807 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	32.1% Below average	MC Read 12.5 MC Write 9.9 MC Mixed 7.8 29% 10.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 7.1 SC Mixed 9.3 27% 9.33 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 52%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 50%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

GPU
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 1%, 21,841 samples	64x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	63x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	49x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	28x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	26x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	23x

Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $195

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