Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 67.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	36.8% 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	63.9% 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 (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing below expectations (35^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 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Memory 91.1 1-Core 73.7 2-Core 126 61% 97 Pts	4-Core 239 8-Core 407 39% 323 Pts	64-Core 407 25% 407 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3081) CLim: 977 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	36.8% Below average	Lighting 42.5 Reflection 55 Parallax 50.4 35% 49.3 fps	MRender 48.4 Gravity 34.4 Splatting 62.8 41% 48.5 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vector 180 240GB-$160 1,083 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 223GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11167 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 564 (AB) Unknown 100 100 81869648 (AE) Unknown 100 100 168 (BE) vendor-specific 100 100 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 84 (D2) Unknown 100 100 143 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6708 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5034 (F9) Unknown 100 100 314756300	66.6% Good	Read 365 Write 395 Mixed 221 73% 327 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 57.2 4K Mixed 16.2 85% 31.9 MB/s	DQ Read 25 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 14 25% 46.4 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 108%
Adata XPG SX7000 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB 2,182 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: CB1.1.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Read 595 Write 226 Mixed 341 85% 387 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 47 4K Mixed 13.4 80% 28.4 MB/s	DQ Read 29.5 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 18.1 28% 50.9 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 9,944 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	52% Above average	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 18.9 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 12.4 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 70%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	140x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	47x
1866 CL10 Series 2x8GBUnknownBench 54%, 7,244 samples	34x

Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $289

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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