Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 45% Yacht	Workstation 2% 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 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 43.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	6.35% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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	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 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.

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
Intel Pentium G6950-$47 1,090 User benchmarks, average bench 41% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	43.9% Average	Memory 65.2 1-Core 66.4 2-Core 121 50% 84.3 Pts	4-Core 135 8-Core 127 18% 131 Pts	64-Core 135 8% 135 Pts
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 46%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 240 58,337 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 04C5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 820 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7.1 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	6.35% Terrible	Lighting 7.77 Reflection 9.35 Parallax 9.59 6% 8.9 fps	MRender 7.81 Gravity 6.67 Splatting 8.65 6% 7.71 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.35% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HCS5C1032CLA382 320GB 1,049 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: JCFOR39G Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 122 122 12896436399 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4793 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 20582 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3213 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4796 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4796 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 274878627868 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2176	31.2% Below average	Read 54.5 Write 54 Mixed 51.4 40% 53.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 0.99 4K Mixed 0.34 71% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 44%
USB2.0 DISK 16GB 186 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 12GB free, PID ef18 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	3.7% Terrible	Read 13.9 Write 5.45 Mixed 6.27 9% 8.52 MB/s	4K Read 2.11 4K Write 0.002 4K Mixed 0.002 8% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.7% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 0, 0 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	25% Poor	MC Read 7.8 MC Write 7.2 MC Mixed 10.5 24% 8.5 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 7.2 19% 6.73 GB/s	Latency 113 35% 113 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 25% Great: 51%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 46%

Yacht

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD Graphics (Clarkdale 0.733/0.9 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 20,588 samples	441x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	298x
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	176x

Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $70

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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