Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 54.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	26.2% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Memory 71.3 1-Core 60.7 2-Core 109 50% 80.2 Pts	4-Core 205 8-Core 316 32% 260 Pts	64-Core 359 22% 359 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 370-$153 39,178 User benchmarks, average bench 21% Asus(1043 2015) CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	26.2% Poor	Lighting 31.9 Reflection 34 Parallax 37.6 26% 34.5 fps	MRender 30 Gravity 25.2 Splatting 39.7 27% 31.6 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 26.2% Great: 23%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: MX4OABS0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 135 170 192 184 186 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 187 Mixed 32 SusWrite 170 100% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 141% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata MI64C1D1629Z1 2x8GB 2,816 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	44.1% Average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 15.7 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 13.2 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 98.5 41% 98.5 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 59%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 56%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

RAM
M378B1G73DB0-CK0 M378B5173DB0-CK0 12GBSamsungBench 43%, 3,029 samples	13x
ASU16D3LU1KBG/8G 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 1,209 samples	7x
MI64C1D1629Z1 1x8GBAdataBench 31%, 1,606 samples	7x

Value: 52% - Above average

Total price: $298

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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