Difference Between 2 Computers' Performance

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ItZzSora

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I'm planning on buying a low level computer, so I was wanting to know the differences between the components of the new computer and my current one based on todays games. (CSGO, Unturned, Battlefield, Americas Army)

If it isn't too much to ask either, I would like to have individual comparisons (Like 1 CPU compared to the other CPU)

Current PC:
Motherboard: NVidia MCP7A (Has integrated GeForce 9300)
CPU: Intel Pentium Dual-Core E6300
GPU: NVidia GeForce GT 430
RAM: 8GB of DDR2 Running at 400MHz DRAM (Dual Channel)
SSD: 120GB (Not sure of speed)
(If you want PSU or w/e, ask in comments, I'll respond)

New(?) PC:
(If there's a link, it's a super long name on Amazon, sorry.)
Motherboard: http://amzn.to/2cxH1sg
CPU: AMD FX-6300 6-Core
GPU: EVGA GTX 950
RAM: 8GB (4GBx2) DDR3 1600MT/s
HDD: 1TB Hard Drive 6Gb/s 7200RPM
(Same thing for this, if you want PSU or w/e, ask in comments.)

 
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6Gb/sec is the speed of the interface - the actual drive is less than that. Without knowing exactly what make/model hard drive it is, it's hard to be exact. However, a typical 7200RPM 1TB hard drive can transfer about 200MB/sec. An average 120GB SATA SSD should be transferring around 400MB/sec. So the SSD is twice as fast right? Nope, much more. The biggest difference is in random reads and writes, in which the hard drive has to physically seek to a new location for each read block. An SSD has no moving parts, so the penalty for random vs. sequential is much, much smaller. A very fast hard drive can manage 10MB/sec in the Passmark Random Read Test while an average SSD can sustain over 250MB/sec in the same test. So depending on...
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note: short answer. new pc has more recent hardware but it's still a bit outdated. From 2015-2016, we are transitioning over to ddr4 memory. That's probably why the new* (fx-6300 was released in 2012...) is probably cheap. Example: AMD 7970 graphics card launched a debut price of $500 for a while b/c it was king of the hill in 2012. In 2016, it's now around $100 +/- 10 depending on ebay/craigslist (luck/bargaining).

Looks fine to me. cheers

I didnt answer your question b/c you can look that up yourself by googling fx-6300 reviews. It's decent i'm sure.
 
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Well, according to the HDD specs it's 6Gb/s, is this a trusty number?

Considering right now my SSD is running at ~20MB/s that seems quite high?
 
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6Gb/sec is the speed of the interface - the actual drive is less than that. Without knowing exactly what make/model hard drive it is, it's hard to be exact. However, a typical 7200RPM 1TB hard drive can transfer about 200MB/sec. An average 120GB SATA SSD should be transferring around 400MB/sec. So the SSD is twice as fast right? Nope, much more. The biggest difference is in random reads and writes, in which the hard drive has to physically seek to a new location for each read block. An SSD has no moving parts, so the penalty for random vs. sequential is much, much smaller. A very fast hard drive can manage 10MB/sec in the Passmark Random Read Test while an average SSD can sustain over 250MB/sec in the same test. So depending on how perfectly laid out the data being read or written is, the average SSD is between 2 and 25X faster than the average HDD. In the real world in which data is scattered all over, the performance difference is much closer to the 25X figure than the 2X figure.

I don't know why your SSD is coming in at 20MB/sec. or what your method of testing is. That's indicative of a problem with either your test method or the drive itself.
 
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