Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	22.2% 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	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.

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Memory 92.6 1-Core 72.2 2-Core 143 63% 102 Pts	4-Core 279 8-Core 400 42% 339 Pts	64-Core 427 26% 427 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 360-$100 26,726 User benchmarks, average bench 18% Gigabyte(1458 22B9) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22.2% Poor	Lighting 26.1 Reflection 32.9 Parallax 31.2 21% 30.1 fps	MRender 28.7 Gravity 22.5 Splatting 34.3 24% 28.5 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 20%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba HDWD105 500GB-$49 9,420 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS1OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 69 (03) Spinup time 124 124 12896960697 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 774 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 118 118 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3541 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 758 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 774 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 774 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 171799937057 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	47.2% Average	Read 83.4 Write 81.5 Mixed 78.8 61% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.06 4K Write 0.09 4K Mixed 0.04 9% 0.07 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 104%
ST500LM0 14 HN-M500ABB 500GB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 452GB free, PID fc9f Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	35.6% Below average	Read 93.5 Write 92.2 Mixed 79.2 112% 88.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.58 4K Mixed 0.32 32% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GB 7,567 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	48.5% Average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 15.4 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 12.1 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 50%

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	61x

Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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