Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Tree trunk	Desktop 29% Raft	Workstation 0% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 43.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	2.17% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	3GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 3GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (83%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ 4,133 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Socket AM2 , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 2.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	43.9% Average	Memory 79.1 1-Core 28.8 2-Core 41.2 38% 49.7 Pts	4-Core 55.1 8-Core 49.4 7% 52.2 Pts	64-Core 57.1 4% 57.1 Pts
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 43%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 520 16,336 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Device(1B0A 90AA) 1GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 448 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	2.17% Terrible	Lighting 2.57 Reflection 3.04 Parallax 2.03 2% 2.55 fps	MRender 3.38 Gravity 2.43 Splatting 2.74 2% 2.85 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.17% Great: 2%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: 12.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 15 25 10 16 11 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	10% Very poor	Read 20.1 Write 36.5 Mixed 14 SusWrite 15 16% 21.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 4% 0.03 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 10% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3GB 81,553 User benchmarks, average bench 14% null MHz 1024, 1024, 512, 512 MB Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	15.7% Very poor	MC Read 3.7 MC Write 5 MC Mixed 4.9 13% 4.53 GB/s	SC Read 3.8 SC Write 4.1 SC Mixed 3.4 11% 3.77 GB/s	Latency 82.2 49% 82.2 ns
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 15.7% Great: 23%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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