Performance Results


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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 53.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.75% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	36.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6100-$68 44,863 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	53.3% Above average	Memory 77.4 1-Core 53.7 2-Core 95.7 49% 75.6 Pts	4-Core 166 8-Core 198 24% 182 Pts	64-Core 196 12% 196 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 440 14,286 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Asus(1043 83B0) 1GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	3.75% Terrible	Lighting 4.5 Reflection 6.5 Parallax 1.6 4% 4.2 fps	MRender 6.3 Gravity 4.9 Splatting 3.7 4% 4.97 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.75% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apacer AS350 128GB 2,222 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0807A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 21 31 23 26 27 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	36.1% Below average	Read 335 Write 67.2 Mixed 26.6 SusWrite 27.9 24% 114 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 32.1 4K Mixed 11.8 69% 22.7 MB/s	DQ Read 28.6 DQ Write 15.2 DQ Mixed 0.5 6% 14.8 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 174GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 67 70 68 68 68 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	43% Average	Read 81.5 Write 91.1 Mixed 56.3 SusWrite 68.1 55% 74.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 154% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 68%
Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB-$95 20,246 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 126GB free Firmware: 3.AAC SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.2 4.2 5.5 4.2 5.3 4.2 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 23% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 12GB 85,415 User benchmarks, average bench 35% null MHz 2048, 2048, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	42.9% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 15.7 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 12.5 28% 9.83 GB/s	Latency 85.6 47% 85.6 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 50%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	23x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	8x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	8x

Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

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