Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


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 59.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	26.7% 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)
Boot Drive	67.5% 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 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 (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-4170 Quad-Core-$81 4,257 User benchmarks, average bench 56% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Memory 86.7 1-Core 71.3 2-Core 144 61% 101 Pts	4-Core 191 8-Core 206 26% 198 Pts	64-Core 218 14% 218 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% PwrHis(1787 201C) 3GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.251.9001.1001 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26.7% Poor	Lighting 33.7 Reflection 25.6 Parallax 46.4 28% 35.2 fps	MRender 24.8 Gravity 35 Splatting 32 25% 30.6 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 26.7% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 196GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 322 332 345 360 350 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Read 231 Write 362 Mixed 235 SusWrite 333 66% 290 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 55.6 4K Mixed 34.1 112% 38.5 MB/s	DQ Read 31.2 DQ Write 92.8 DQ Mixed 43 38% 55.7 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 113%
Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB-$95 20,246 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 18GB free Firmware: 3.AHC SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 53 53 53 57 67 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	33.8% Below average	Read 61.6 Write 56.7 Mixed 43.3 SusWrite 55.9 40% 54.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 134% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 54%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 75GB free Firmware: 03.03B03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 53 53 53 57 67 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	41.8% Average	Read 89.3 Write 71.3 Mixed 55.9 SusWrite 55.9 50% 68.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 169% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	44.7% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 16.4 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 11.7 27% 9.3 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 54%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 20%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

GPU
HD 7950AMD $290Bench 29%, 33,820 samples	3x
GeForce GT 520NvidiaBench 2%, 16,336 samples	2x
GTX 560Nvidia $180Bench 14%, 23,273 samples	2x

Value: 38% - Below average

Total price: $482

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