Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 53.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.84% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	50.7% 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.

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A8-3870 APU-$81 6,332 User benchmarks, average bench 47% FM1 , 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Memory 76.2 1-Core 46.4 2-Core 93.8 46% 72.1 Pts	4-Core 185 8-Core 187 25% 186 Pts	64-Core 189 12% 189 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 56%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6550D 4,197 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Asus(1043 84C8) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.0 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	3.84% Terrible	Lighting 4.7 Reflection 4.7 Parallax 4.6 4% 4.67 fps	MRender 4.2 Gravity 4.8 Splatting 5 4% 4.67 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.84% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 132GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 169 69 127 175 177 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	Read 353 Write 347 Mixed 255 SusWrite 160 62% 279 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 45 4K Mixed 20.9 79% 28.3 MB/s	DQ Read 27.6 DQ Write 86 DQ Mixed 34.5 33% 49.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 97%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 642GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 145 148 147 147 147 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Read 154 Write 159 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 145 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 236% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 108%
Hitachi HDT722516DLA380 165GB-$32 1,600 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 22GB free Firmware: V43OA96A SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 37 37 37 37 37 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	21.3% Poor	Read 36.7 Write 35.2 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 36.9 25% 34.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866EL Series 2x4GB 424 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36.7% Below average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 11.5 38% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 7.7 22% 7.7 GB/s	Latency 87.9 46% 87.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 72%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 45%

Speed boat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

GPU
Radeon HD 6550DAMDBench 4%, 4,197 samples	9x
Radeon HD 6670AMDBench 6%, 32,193 samples	3x
GeForce GT 640NvidiaBench 6%, 34,519 samples	2x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	2x
M378B5273CH0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 58%, 1,445 samples	2x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	2x

Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $213

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