Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 67.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	33% 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	34.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 61.4 2-Core 122 58% 91.6 Pts	4-Core 234 8-Core 361 37% 298 Pts	64-Core 346 21% 346 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Sapphire(174B 3001) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 14.501.1003.0 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33% Below average	Lighting 40.1 Reflection 27.8 Parallax 65 33% 44.3 fps	MRender 30.8 Gravity 50.8 Splatting 40.8 34% 40.8 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$42 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF300000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 65 125 94 138 77 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	34.6% Below average	Read 302 Write 101 Mixed 112 SusWrite 91.6 33% 152 MB/s	4K Read 15.2 4K Write 20.7 4K Mixed 13.9 52% 16.6 MB/s	DQ Read 19.4 DQ Write 24.8 DQ Mixed 19.9 16% 21.4 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 55%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 122 123 124 127 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	79.5% Very good	Read 154 Write 103 Mixed 91.8 SusWrite 123 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 83%
Seagate ST500LM012 HN-M500MBB 500GB 47,588 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 346GB free Firmware: 2AR20002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 107 107 105 107 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Read 99.5 Write 73.3 Mixed 55.3 SusWrite 107 62% 83.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C8 3x4GB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	49.5% Average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 17.3 50% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 12.9 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 57%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 27%

Raft

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	11x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	11x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	9x

Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $376

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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