Performance Results


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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 53.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	4.21% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	74.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.

PC Performing as expected (56^th 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 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Memory 72.8 1-Core 51.6 2-Core 102 48% 75.6 Pts	4-Core 201 8-Core 201 27% 201 Pts	64-Core 202 12% 202 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.6% 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)	4.21% Terrible	Lighting 5.27 Reflection 6.46 Parallax 6.06 4% 5.93 fps	MRender 4.05 Gravity 5.33 Splatting 5.3 4% 4.9 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.21% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
AMD 2+0 Stripe/RAID0 118GB 138 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.10 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	74.3% Very good	Read 893 Write 148 Mixed 225 90% 422 MB/s	4K Read 16.4 4K Write 63.8 4K Mixed 19.5 84% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 113 DQ Write 77.2 DQ Mixed 45.4 47% 78.6 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 92%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 282GB free Firmware: 15.0 Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	69.9% Good	Read 139 Write 105 Mixed 111 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.26 90% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 36GB free Firmware: 01.0 Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Read 106 Write 106 Mixed 108 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.25 94% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5474-038.A00LF 99U5474-038.A00LF 99U5474-038.A00LF 9905471-011.A00LF 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	34.1% Below average	MC Read 14 MC Write 12.6 MC Mixed 10.3 35% 12.3 GB/s	SC Read 6.5 SC Write 6.3 SC Mixed 7.4 19% 6.73 GB/s	Latency 95.1 42% 95.1 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 34%

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%

Yacht

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

GPU
Radeon HD 6550DAMDBench 4%, 4,197 samples	5x
HD 5770AMDBench 10%, 37,602 samples	3x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	3x

RAM
M378B5273DH0-CH9 4x4GBSamsungBench 49%, 2,942 samples	1x
99P5471-004.A01LF 2x4GBKingstonBench 47%, 601 samples	1x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	1x

Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $109

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16