Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	26.4% 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	68.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z370 Killer SLI (all builds)
Memory	2.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180321
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '18 at 14:23
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-8100-$110 81,392 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Memory 79.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 225 78% 140 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 393 51% 385 Pts	64-Core 345 21% 345 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E271) CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.9.1 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26.4% Poor	Lighting 33.1 Reflection 30.6 Parallax 40.8 27% 34.8 fps	MRender 27.4 Gravity 29 Splatting 34.9 25% 30.4 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 26.4% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 545s Series 256GB-$79 17,432 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: LHF002C SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 251 261 258 255 257 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 444 Write 402 Mixed 341 SusWrite 255 81% 360 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 45.8 4K Mixed 29.4 98% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 108 82% 109 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 117%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 78GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 117 96 93 104 112 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 130 Write 128 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 106 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 219% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905702-017.A00G 1x8GB 5,207 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.9% Below average	MC Read 12.1 MC Write 11.7 MC Mixed 10.2 32% 11.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 10.7 28% 9.93 GB/s	Latency 81.8 49% 81.8 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 45%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 74%

Battleship

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 68%

Battle cruiser

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	24x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $92Bench 235%, 154,949 samples	17x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	15x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	30x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	23x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	13x

Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $461

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