Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 61.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	37% 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	68.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-3240 37,789 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 88.8 2-Core 134 63% 102 Pts	4-Core 234 8-Core 230 31% 232 Pts	64-Core 231 14% 231 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Gigabyte(1458 3001) CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 21.5.2 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	37% Below average	Lighting 51.2 Reflection 35.5 Parallax 61.2 42% 49.3 fps	MRender 31.9 Gravity 48.8 Splatting 24.9 28% 35.2 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 120GB 120GB 4,995 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: T0106A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 334 370 358 358 339 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Read 388 Write 288 Mixed 154 SusWrite 330 65% 290 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 69.8 4K Mixed 7 80% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 184 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 1.5 67% 158 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 81%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 132GB free Firmware: CC82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 99 101 105 102 103 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Read 150 Write 89.2 Mixed 77.3 SusWrite 102 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 114%
Seagate ST3320830AS 327GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 138GB free Firmware: 3.AAD SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 35 35 35 35 35 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	19.7% Very poor	Read 33 Write 14.5 Mixed 27.6 SusWrite 35.1 20% 27.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6BFR8C-H9 8783 SRT4G86U1-H9M 8GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	51.5% Above average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 16.7 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 15.5 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 74.5 54% 74.5 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 51%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 36%

Jet ski

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 28%

Raft

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	12x
GTX 660Nvidia $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples	12x
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	10x

RAM
HMT451U7BFR8A-PB HMT451U7AFR8A-PB 8GBHynixBench 52%, 25 samples	5x
M378B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 48%, 11,003 samples	5x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 49%, 26,466 samples	4x

Value: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $282

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16