Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 65.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	31.7% 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	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	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.

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$125 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Memory 82.7 1-Core 70.1 2-Core 125 58% 92.6 Pts	4-Core 260 8-Core 369 39% 314 Pts	64-Core 377 23% 377 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Sapphire(174B A003) CLim: 940 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 20.12.1 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	31.7% Below average	Lighting 42.9 Reflection 34.4 Parallax 57.7 35% 45 fps	MRender 30.2 Gravity 41.5 Splatting 23.8 25% 31.8 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 34%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$26 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 755GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS2O SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 117 129 141 130 121 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Read 176 Write 177 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 129 94% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 135% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/ Adata DDR3 1866 KHX1866C10D3/ Adata DDR3 1866 16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 933, 667, 933, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	43.7% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 15.3 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 12.1 28% 9.97 GB/s	Latency 75.6 53% 75.6 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 44%

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	150x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	69x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 39%, 4,786 samples	63x

Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366