Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 62.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	32.8% 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	137% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	62.8% Good	Memory 79.1 1-Core 73.6 2-Core 139 59% 97.3 Pts	4-Core 252 8-Core 411 41% 332 Pts	64-Core 412 26% 412 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3205) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.8% Below average	Lighting 41.9 Reflection 43.6 Parallax 39.2 34% 41.6 fps	MRender 36.2 Gravity 40.4 Splatting 34.4 30% 37 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$59 34,063 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: 42AZS6AC Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 292 258 258 207 225 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 1,108 Write 850 Mixed 124 SusWrite 242 128% 581 MB/s	4K Read 48.4 4K Write 82.5 4K Mixed 60.8 195% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 466 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 419 299% 387 MB/s
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 271%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 540GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 149 150 150 152 148 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 157 Mixed 114 SusWrite 147 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 233% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 109%
Toshiba MQ01ABF050 500GB-$32 118,349 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 298GB free Firmware: AM0B3J SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 99 98 99 98 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 95.6 Write 96.8 Mixed 31.9 SusWrite 97.5 58% 80.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 119% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905474-063.A 99U5584-022.A 9905474-063.A 99U5584-022.A 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 667, 800, 667, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	42.2% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 14.7 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 11 28% 9.7 GB/s	Latency 82.3 49% 82.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 44%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	148x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	68x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 39%, 4,786 samples	62x

Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16