Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 68.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	70.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Memory 91.5 1-Core 73.6 2-Core 131 62% 98.6 Pts	4-Core 247 8-Core 436 41% 342 Pts	64-Core 443 27% 443 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 68%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SiImage 512GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 328GB free Firmware: 0000 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	28.1% Poor	Read 93.7 Write 28.6 Mixed 40.2 12% 54.1 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 28.4 4K Mixed 15.8 69% 22.2 MB/s	DQ Read 51.1 DQ Write 30.2 DQ Mixed 17.9 19% 33 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 28%
AMD 2+0 Stripe/RAID0 318GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 160GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.10 Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	70.6% Very good	Read 520 Write 335 Mixed 437 96% 431 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 92 4K Mixed 14.9 92% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 16 DQ Write 88.5 DQ Mixed 52.3 40% 52.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 349%
SiImage 512GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 72GB free Firmware: 0000 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	30.5% Below average	Read 93.7 Write 38.6 Mixed 55.7 14% 62.6 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 34.7 4K Mixed 17.9 77% 25.3 MB/s	DQ Read 18.9 DQ Write 38.6 DQ Mixed 8.27 12% 21.9 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 28%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$86 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 596GB free Firmware: 80.0 Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	38.8% Below average	Read 66.9 Write 68.1 Mixed 95.6 59% 76.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.15 69% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 1,250 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 17.7 52% 18 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 13.2 33% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 107%

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	148x
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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16