Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 47.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	52.2% 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	35.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 8GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
1st CPU: Intel Xeon E5450 569 User benchmarks, average bench 47% XU1 PROCESSOR, 2 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	47.5% Average	Memory 63.1 1-Core 43.2 2-Core 84 40% 63.4 Pts	4-Core 173 8-Core 340 30% 256 Pts	64-Core 339 21% 339 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 50%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E285) CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1300 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	Lighting 64.1 Reflection 59 Parallax 86.2 52% 69.8 fps	MRender 58.4 Gravity 52.9 Splatting 74.7 52% 62 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 250GB-$90 26,761 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: X411 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 110 39 75 67 39 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	35.1% Below average	Read 115 Write 123 Mixed 83.9 SusWrite 71 22% 98.3 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 36.2 4K Mixed 18.1 71% 24.4 MB/s	DQ Read 104 DQ Write 99.8 DQ Mixed 92.4 72% 98.6 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$78 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 67GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 64 64 67 65 66 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	37.3% Below average	Read 65 Write 59.1 Mixed 40.3 SusWrite 65.1 42% 57.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.7 118% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 75%
Seagate ST3000VN000-1HJ166 802GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 1TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 135 134 137 137 137 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	75.5% Very good	Read 127 Write 134 Mixed 68.2 SusWrite 136 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 41GB 2,583 User benchmarks, average bench 17% null MHz 1024, 1024, 1024, 1024, 1024, 1024, 1024, 1024, 33792 MB Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	20.7% Poor	MC Read 5.6 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 8.9 20% 7.03 GB/s	SC Read 3.1 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 4.5 14% 4.93 GB/s	Latency 119 34% 119 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 23%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 16%

Surfboard

Desktop 56%

Gunboat

Workstation 14%

Tree trunk

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E54501stBench 47%, 442 samples	19x
CPU: Intel Xeon E54501stBench 47%, 569 samples	15x
CPU: Intel Xeon E54301stBench 46%, 705 samples	10x

Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $135

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16