Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 63.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	33% 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	29.9% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	63.7% Good	Memory 87.8 1-Core 67 2-Core 119 58% 91.3 Pts	4-Core 216 8-Core 339 34% 278 Pts	64-Core 326 20% 326 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Nvidia(10DE 1401) 2GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33% Below average	Lighting 42.3 Reflection 41.8 Parallax 37.6 34% 40.6 fps	MRender 39.5 Gravity 38.4 Splatting 33.8 30% 37.2 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB-$40 16,752 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 80 28 48 27 74 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	29.9% Poor	Read 244 Write 302 Mixed 73.6 SusWrite 51.2 37% 168 MB/s	4K Read 7.8 4K Write 61.1 4K Mixed 0.2 44% 23 MB/s	DQ Read 67.6 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 5.5 35% 77.9 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 76%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 674GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 66 66 64 70 65 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	42.2% Average	Read 80.3 Write 72.8 Mixed 47.8 SusWrite 66.5 49% 66.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 62%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 771GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 145 139 151 141 152 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Read 153 Write 144 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 146 86% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Micron CT102464BD160B.C16 16GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.5% Below average	MC Read 10.2 MC Write 10.1 MC Mixed 8.8 28% 9.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 7.6 SC Mixed 10 26% 9.03 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 58%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 65%

Destroyer

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	40x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	26x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	17x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	27x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	16x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	12x

Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $152

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