Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 73.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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 way above expectations (95^th 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% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Memory 93 1-Core 75.6 2-Core 127 62% 98.5 Pts	4-Core 289 8-Core 454 46% 372 Pts	64-Core 450 28% 450 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 68%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 479 Write 343 Mixed 111 68% 311 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 58.2 4K Mixed 30.6 112% 38.7 MB/s	DQ Read 259 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 103 115% 196 MB/s
Poor: 44% Great: 82%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 226GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 175 177 177 176 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 182 Mixed 104 SusWrite 176 119% 162 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 242% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-437.A KHX1600C9D3/4 9905403-437.A KHX1600C9D3/4 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 667, 800, 667, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.4% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 18 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.8 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 82%

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	62x

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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16