Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


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	11.4% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	60.4% Good	Memory 83 1-Core 67.8 2-Core 127 57% 92.6 Pts	4-Core 214 8-Core 258 31% 236 Pts	64-Core 271 17% 271 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2978) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	11.4% Very poor	Lighting 0.1 Reflection 71.7 Parallax 66.8 0% 46.2 fps	MRender 74.8 Gravity 65 Splatting 0.09 33% 46.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 11.4% Great: 54%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 614GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 126 124 124 125 131 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	74.9% Very good	Read 134 Write 129 Mixed 80.3 SusWrite 127 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Vulcan 1600 2x4GB 990 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	26.7% Poor	MC Read 9 MC Write 8.6 MC Mixed 7.9 24% 8.5 GB/s	SC Read 7.8 SC Write 7.5 SC Mixed 7.3 22% 7.53 GB/s	Latency 75.2 53% 75.2 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 26.7% Great: 59%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	85x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	55x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	50x

Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $358

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