Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 43.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	43.3% 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	61.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	43.8% Average	Memory 66 1-Core 55.8 2-Core 95.9 46% 72.6 Pts	4-Core 118 8-Core 244 21% 181 Pts	64-Core 250 16% 250 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% PowerColor(148C 2379) CLim: 1250 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.8.1 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	43.3% Average	Lighting 50.2 Reflection 54 Parallax 49.1 41% 51.1 fps	MRender 64 Gravity 59.9 Splatting 53.7 48% 59.2 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 164 161 155 166 157 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	61.5% Good	Read 320 Write 244 Mixed 258 SusWrite 164 55% 247 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 50 4K Mixed 25.8 91% 32.2 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 220 170% 231 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 85%
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50 72,924 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 432GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 141 139 140 139 140 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 130 Write 38.2 Mixed 69 SusWrite 139 69% 94.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 201% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 77%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 54GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 74 75 75 75 75 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	48% Average	Read 96.3 Write 99.2 Mixed 66 SusWrite 70.8 61% 83.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-14900CL9-4 Corsair CMZ4GX3M1A160 F3-14900CL9-4 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 800, 667, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	36.4% Below average	MC Read 13.6 MC Write 12.8 MC Mixed 13.4 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 9.9 23% 7.93 GB/s	Latency 111 36% 111 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 37%

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