Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	53.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	35.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9590-$298 26,109 User benchmarks, average bench 63% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	60% Above average	Memory 80.7 1-Core 60.9 2-Core 111 53% 84.2 Pts	4-Core 221 8-Core 270 32% 246 Pts	64-Core 343 21% 343 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Asus(1043 0470) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1260 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.9.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	Lighting 66.9 Reflection 57.9 Parallax 85.3 54% 70 fps	MRender 58 Gravity 55 Splatting 74.4 52% 62.5 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 50%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 104 107 108 110 108 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	35.6% Below average	Read 117 Write 142 Mixed 103 SusWrite 108 26% 117 MB/s	4K Read 15.3 4K Write 39.3 4K Mixed 21 71% 25.2 MB/s	DQ Read 20.6 DQ Write 77.6 DQ Mixed 28 28% 42.1 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 85%

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 (60^th percentile)	44.8% Average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 16.3 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 11.4 27% 9.6 GB/s	Latency 79.3 50% 79.3 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 61%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 28%

Raft

Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $440

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