Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 70.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	66.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370E-$471 5,639 User benchmarks, average bench 60% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 76.9 2-Core 142 64% 103 Pts	4-Core 270 8-Core 442 44% 356 Pts	64-Core 450 28% 450 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Lighting 86.1 Reflection 84.8 Parallax 81.5 70% 84.2 fps	MRender 79.7 Gravity 76.2 Splatting 67 60% 74.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 3,550 Write 2,977 Mixed 2,432 663% 2,986 MB/s	4K Read 218 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 151 596% 169 MB/s	DQ Read 545 DQ Write 400 DQ Mixed 480 357% 475 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 843GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 106 107 107 107 107 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	60.1% Good	Read 103 Write 110 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 106 73% 98.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 83%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 186 186 185 186 184 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 179 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 184 105% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 157% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C11 2x8GB 968 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.5% Average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 16.8 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 12.2 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 71%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 33%

Sail boat

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 27%

Raft

SSD
MX500 500GBCrucial $55Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	17x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	12x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	11x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	14x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	9x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	5x

Value: 39% - Below average

Total price: $784

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