Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 45% Speed boat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 49.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.61% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	23.6% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X4 640-$70 18,839 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Socket 940, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	49.2% Average	Memory 67.8 1-Core 45.3 2-Core 89.8 43% 67.6 Pts	4-Core 180 8-Core 178 24% 179 Pts	64-Core 177 11% 177 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5500 5,613 User benchmarks, average bench 3% PwrHis(1787 2297) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	3.61% Terrible	Lighting 4.5 Reflection 5.3 Parallax 4.1 4% 4.63 fps	MRender 4.5 Gravity 3.5 Splatting 4.7 4% 4.23 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.61% Great: 4%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 120GB 16,974 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: UE5100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 66 20 3 68 67 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	23.6% Poor	Read 192 Write 155 Mixed 94.9 SusWrite 61.2 28% 126 MB/s	4K Read 11.8 4K Write 19.8 4K Mixed 7.7 38% 13.1 MB/s	DQ Read 17.3 DQ Write 21.3 DQ Mixed 19.5 15% 19.4 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 23.6% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR2 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	25.7% Poor	MC Read 10 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 9.9 25% 8.87 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 6.8 17% 6.07 GB/s	Latency 107 38% 107 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 25.7% Great: 45%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 55%

Yacht

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

SSD
PLUS 120GBSandiskBench 43%, 16,974 samples	1x

Value: 38% - Below average

Total price: $185

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