Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 63.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	30.3% 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	23.3% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 as expected (48^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% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Memory 89.4 1-Core 58.7 2-Core 112 56% 86.8 Pts	4-Core 210 8-Core 364 35% 287 Pts	64-Core 289 18% 289 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Gigabyte(1458 2272) CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.12.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.3% Below average	Lighting 37.9 Reflection 34.5 Parallax 46.2 31% 39.6 fps	MRender 31 Gravity 34.2 Splatting 39.4 29% 34.9 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 92 42 29 82 59 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	23.3% Poor	Read 156 Write 17.5 Mixed 43 SusWrite 64.9 15% 70.5 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 13.4 4K Mixed 7.9 42% 12.7 MB/s	DQ Read 13.6 DQ Write 13.2 DQ Mixed 9.3 8% 12 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 23.3% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 410GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 97 49 32 86 61 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Read 162 Write 130 Mixed 64 SusWrite 69.3 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.9 152% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 112%
TOSHIBA TransMemory 8GB 12,066 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 7GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4 3.5 3.2 3.2 5.3 7.9 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	3.83% Terrible	Read 18.5 Write 1.5 Mixed 3.5 SusWrite 4.5 7% 7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 3% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.83% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x8GB 168,538 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	31.8% Below average	MC Read 11.1 MC Write 10.4 MC Mixed 9.5 30% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 9 24% 8.53 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 67%

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	15x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	11x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	10x

Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $275

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