Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 67.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	18.3% 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	128% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

PC Performing as expected (55^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% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Memory 89.4 1-Core 74.3 2-Core 149 64% 104 Pts	4-Core 247 8-Core 442 41% 344 Pts	64-Core 444 28% 444 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Sapphire(174B E258) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.251.9001.1001 Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	18.3% Very poor	Lighting 23.4 Reflection 27 Parallax 31.5 19% 27.3 fps	MRender 20.1 Gravity 23.2 Splatting 19.1 17% 20.8 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
AMD 3+0 Stripe/RAID0 6TB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1TB free Firmware: 1.10 Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	38.4% Below average	Read 333 Write 335 Mixed 274 70% 314 MB/s	4K Read 3.05 4K Write 14.6 4K Mixed 1.54 14% 6.39 MB/s	DQ Read 9.02 DQ Write 17.4 DQ Mixed 3.41 5% 9.94 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 72%
AMD 2+0 Stripe/RAID0 254GB 292 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 151GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.10 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 906 Write 722 Mixed 784 179% 804 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 35.6 138% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 58.7 60% 98.1 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 126%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 347GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	47.9% Average	Read 85.9 Write 80.7 Mixed 85.3 63% 84 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.36 4K Mixed 0.19 95% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 88%
General USB Flash Disk 32GB 64 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 27GB free, PID 1327 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	20.3% Poor	Read 30.3 Write 27.8 Mixed 26.3 36% 28.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.81 4K Write 2.77 4K Mixed 1.82 178% 3.47 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 25%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	45.7% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 15.3 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 12.1 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 61%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 36%

Jet ski

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 29%

Raft

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	18x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	17x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	16x

Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $395

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