Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	27.3% 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)
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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Memory 85.8 1-Core 94.4 2-Core 188 71% 123 Pts	4-Core 291 8-Core 436 45% 363 Pts	64-Core 451 28% 451 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Sapphire(174B A003) CLim: 940 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 22.6.1 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	27.3% Poor	Lighting 36.2 Reflection 31.5 Parallax 47.8 30% 38.5 fps	MRender 27.5 Gravity 37.6 Splatting 21.5 23% 28.9 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 27.3% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc M.2 PCIe SSD 256GB 15,205 User benchmarks, average bench 162% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: VC0S032Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,575 Write 863 Mixed 835 240% 1,091 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 77.1 4K Mixed 43.1 146% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 515 DQ Write 400 DQ Mixed 511 368% 475 MB/s
Poor: 93% Great: 230%
Hitachi HUS724040ALE641 4TB 2,378 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 3.5TB free Firmware: MJAOA5F0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 160 162 161 162 162 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 178 Mixed 81.7 SusWrite 162 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.8 174% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 92%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 117 121 120 120 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Read 121 Write 37 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 120 63% 85.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 184% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT451U6AFR8C HMT351U6EFR8C HMT351U6EFR8C HMT351U6EFR8C 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	55.4% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 18.3 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 13.6 SC Mixed 12.6 40% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 56%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 29%

Raft

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

Raft

RAM
M393B5170GB0- 4x4GBSamsungBench 89%, 2,611 samples	58x
36JSZF51272PZ 4x4GBMicronBench 66%, 485 samples	56x
HMT151R7BFR4C 4x4GBHynixBench 67%, 393 samples	31x

Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $87

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