Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	14.6% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	130% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X-$160 33,544 User benchmarks, average bench 82% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 82.9 1-Core 145 2-Core 282 92% 170 Pts	4-Core 557 8-Core 822 86% 690 Pts	64-Core 817 51% 817 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 550-$79 79,894 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Asus(1043 0511) 2GB CLim: 1183 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.30.02 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	14.6% Very poor	Lighting 15.8 Reflection 27.1 Parallax 22.3 13% 21.7 fps	MRender 24.1 Gravity 16.3 Splatting 24.8 18% 21.7 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14.6% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 193GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 470 475 339 339 341 340 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 491 Mixed 444 SusWrite 384 103% 459 MB/s	4K Read 49 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 65.7 222% 78.4 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 364 274% 365 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 128%
Apple HDD HTS541010A9E662 1TB 4,614 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 837GB free Firmware: JA0AB5D0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 106 107 108 107 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	Read 100 Write 102 Mixed 39.1 SusWrite 107 63% 87.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 121% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 59%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 32GB 34,316 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 25GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.8 2.9 3.9 2.9 4.1 4.6 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	8.14% Terrible	Read 33 Write 5.8 Mixed 4.8 SusWrite 3.7 11% 11.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 2 102% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.14% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 1x8GB 14,156 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	63.3% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 20.9 62% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 21 60% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 75.3 53% 75.3 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 62%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 82%, 52,667 samples	46x
M378A1K43CB2-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 80%, 29,586 samples	33x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	28x

Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $240

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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