Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 55.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	1.2% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	57.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Hp-pavilion BK170AA-ABA HPE-210y (all builds)
Motherboard	FOXCONN ALOE
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20091026
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 08 '18 at 05:57
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 945 12,746 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	55.1% Above average	Memory 80.2 1-Core 43.7 2-Core 89.1 47% 71 Pts	4-Core 177 8-Core 175 24% 176 Pts	64-Core 170 10% 170 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% MSI(1462 2131) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.2% Terrible	Lighting 1.37 Reflection 2.08 Parallax 1.66 1% 1.7 fps	MRender 1.95 Gravity 0.83 Splatting 2.09 1% 1.62 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.2% Great: 1%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC240G1CS175 239GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 205GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 207 210 208 207 212 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	57.4% Above average	Read 228 Write 206 Mixed 180 SusWrite 206 46% 205 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 56.5 4K Mixed 29 94% 34.5 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 116 93% 131 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5673EH1-CH9 4x2GB 1,085 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM 1066 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.1% Below average	MC Read 13.1 MC Write 7.7 MC Mixed 11.4 31% 10.7 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 7.5 19% 6.77 GB/s	Latency 80.2 50% 80.2 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 52%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 47%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

CPU
Phenom II X4 945AMDBench 51%, 12,746 samples	9x

SSD
2+0 Stripe/RAID0 478GBAMDBench 80%, 728 samples	1x

RAM
EBJ21UE8BDF0-DJ-F 4x2GBElpidaBench 40%, 1,380 samples	2x
HP497157-C01-ELDW 4x2GBKingstonBench 35%, 203 samples	2x
HMT125U6BFR8C-H9 4x2GBHynixBench 38%, 703 samples	2x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16