Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 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 40.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	40% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	26.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	40.1% Average	Memory 50.7 1-Core 48.9 2-Core 87.7 38% 62.4 Pts	4-Core 175 8-Core 152 22% 163 Pts	64-Core 179 11% 179 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3413) CLim: 1303 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	40% Average	Lighting 46.1 Reflection 66.6 Parallax 71.3 38% 61.3 fps	MRender 66.8 Gravity 43.1 Splatting 55 45% 55 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 44 19 25 19 28 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	26.1% Poor	Read 230 Write 84.5 Mixed 32 SusWrite 30.1 20% 94.2 MB/s	4K Read 11.1 4K Write 59.4 4K Mixed 0.1 48% 23.5 MB/s	DQ Read 77.8 DQ Write 18.7 DQ Mixed 28 26% 41.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 26.1% Great: 78%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 66GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 187 156 158 156 201 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 138 Mixed 85 SusWrite 176 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 234GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 136 136 137 134 137 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Read 156 Write 131 Mixed 77.7 SusWrite 136 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 8,026 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.7% Poor	MC Read 13.2 MC Write 7.1 MC Mixed 11.3 30% 10.5 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 7.7 18% 6.43 GB/s	Latency 158 25% 158 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 71%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	85x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	55x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	50x

Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $358

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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