Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 68%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	22.7% 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	55.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9370-$194 9,054 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	68% Good	Memory 89.2 1-Core 71.5 2-Core 128 60% 96.4 Pts	4-Core 254 8-Core 437 42% 346 Pts	64-Core 436 27% 436 Pts
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6970 9,594 User benchmarks, average bench 20% XFX(1682 3130) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	22.7% Poor	Lighting 28.6 Reflection 24 Parallax 29.5 23% 27.4 fps	MRender 21.8 Gravity 25.5 Splatting 29.7 22% 25.7 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow KC300 120GB-$80 2,344 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 111GB free Firmware: 507KC4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value	69.3% Good	Read 511 Write 225 Mixed 248 72% 328 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 50.7 4K Mixed 19.3 94% 32.8 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 57.4 70% 125 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 86%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 367 Write 263 Mixed 203 61% 278 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 29 4K Mixed 15.3 76% 23.7 MB/s	DQ Read 34.2 DQ Write 54.7 DQ Mixed 17.4 21% 35.4 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 118%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value	87.1% Excellent	Read 124 Write 178 Mixed 149 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 5.44 4K Mixed 0.79 214% 2.28 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C8 4x4GB 1,744 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.9% Average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 16.5 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 13.9 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 68.3 59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 64%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 31%

Sail boat

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 25%

Raft

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	7x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	4x
PM871 2.5 7mm 256GBSamsungBench 79%, 2,882 samples	4x

RAM
BLS4G3D1609ES2LX0. CT51264BA160BJ.C8F BLS4G3D1609ES2LX0. CT51264BA160BJ.C8F 16GBUnknownBench 29%, 10 samples	4x
Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 58%, 5,634 samples	3x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	2x

Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $657

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