Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 49.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	29.1% 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	47.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X3 455-$90 3,733 User benchmarks, average bench 45% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 3 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	49.4% Average	Memory 75.3 1-Core 47.6 2-Core 94.6 47% 72.5 Pts	4-Core 139 8-Core 138 18% 138 Pts	64-Core 138 8% 138 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 54%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Asus(1043 0460) 2GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.2.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	29.1% Poor	Lighting 36.5 Reflection 33.2 Parallax 44.6 30% 38.1 fps	MRender 29.4 Gravity 32.5 Splatting 37.8 28% 33.3 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 84 85 86 85 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	47.7% Average	Read 361 Write 236 Mixed 270 SusWrite 83.4 53% 238 MB/s	4K Read 16 4K Write 56.4 4K Mixed 23.2 84% 31.9 MB/s	DQ Read 29.2 DQ Write 71.7 DQ Mixed 36.7 32% 45.9 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 100%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$23 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 74GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 84 85 86 85 84 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	44.8% Average	Read 72.3 Write 80.7 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 83.8 55% 74.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Apacer 78.B1GDE.AF1 2x4GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.2% Below average	MC Read 13.3 MC Write 7.1 MC Mixed 11.8 31% 10.7 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 9 22% 7.7 GB/s	Latency 89.8 44% 89.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 52%

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	150x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	69x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 39%, 4,786 samples	63x

Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366