Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 64.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	53.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	64.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Memory 81 1-Core 61.5 2-Core 126 55% 89.6 Pts	4-Core 263 8-Core 437 43% 350 Pts	64-Core 421 26% 421 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E285) CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1300 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.9.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	Lighting 65.9 Reflection 58.3 Parallax 83.9 54% 69.4 fps	MRender 58.8 Gravity 56.2 Splatting 74.2 53% 63.1 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 50%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 269 344 339 323 364 327 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Read 329 Write 294 Mixed 236 SusWrite 328 67% 297 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 50.7 4K Mixed 27.2 93% 32.8 MB/s	DQ Read 23.8 DQ Write 93.2 DQ Mixed 33.9 33% 50.3 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 2x8GB 1,087 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	43.2% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 15.4 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 7.3 SC Mixed 9.8 24% 8.37 GB/s	Latency 78.8 51% 78.8 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 52%

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 $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