Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 55.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	14.7% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9590-$298 26,109 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Memory 63.4 1-Core 21.9 2-Core 118 40% 67.7 Pts	4-Core 259 8-Core 458 43% 359 Pts	64-Core 451 28% 451 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% XFX(1682 9290) CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	14.7% Very poor	Lighting 0.2 Reflection 69 Parallax 81.8 0% 50.3 fps	MRender 60.3 Gravity 58.4 Splatting 42.8 43% 53.8 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 14.7% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$35 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 87 80 82 86 79 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	41.3% Average	Read 60.8 Write 64.8 Mixed 51.3 SusWrite 83.1 48% 65 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 125% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 69%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$35 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 231GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 121 121 120 117 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 100 Write 97.3 Mixed 65.1 SusWrite 120 70% 95.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 153% 1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 3,080 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	42.4% Average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 14.6 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 4.6 SC Mixed 7.5 17% 6.1 GB/s	Latency 118 34% 118 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 55%

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) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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