Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 60.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	32.6% 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	80% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Memory 81.8 1-Core 61.7 2-Core 111 54% 84.7 Pts	4-Core 212 8-Core 370 35% 291 Pts	64-Core 369 23% 369 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 3690) 2GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.6% Below average	Lighting 41.2 Reflection 41.8 Parallax 41.5 34% 41.5 fps	MRender 39.3 Gravity 39.3 Splatting 34.6 31% 37.7 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 306 295 304 305 304 306 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	80% Very good	Read 399 Write 373 Mixed 317 SusWrite 303 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 58.4 4K Mixed 41.6 136% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 42.4 DQ Write 92.8 DQ Mixed 55.8 46% 63.7 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 275GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 326 336 340 341 341 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Read 366 Write 349 Mixed 316 SusWrite 333 77% 341 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 54.8 4K Mixed 37.3 124% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 39.4 DQ Write 89.3 DQ Mixed 53.4 44% 60.7 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 442GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 157 158 160 158 159 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 143 Mixed 75.2 SusWrite 159 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL7-4 Kingston KHX1600C10D3/ F3-12800CL7-4 12GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 667, 800, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	36.5% Below average	MC Read 13.4 MC Write 12.7 MC Mixed 11.7 36% 12.6 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 10 26% 8.93 GB/s	Latency 77.3 52% 77.3 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 43%

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	149x
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 $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16