Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 4% 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 56.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	2.06% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	66.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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 Phenom II X4 960T-$469 4,461 User benchmarks, average bench 54% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Memory 83.4 1-Core 46.1 2-Core 88.2 48% 72.6 Pts	4-Core 177 8-Core 176 24% 176 Pts	64-Core 178 11% 178 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 610 62,458 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Asus(1043 8411) 2GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 300 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	2.06% Terrible	Lighting 2.6 Reflection 2.92 Parallax 0.62 2% 2.05 fps	MRender 2.86 Gravity 2.3 Splatting 2.09 2% 2.41 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.06% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 448GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 64 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 39063503	66.1% Good	Read 386 Write 305 Mixed 277 72% 323 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 50.3 4K Mixed 18.5 100% 33.8 MB/s	DQ Read 40.3 DQ Write 79.4 DQ Mixed 19.1 26% 46.3 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 134%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 10GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	24.1% Poor	Read 110 Write 20.3 Mixed 36.3 55% 55.7 MB/s	4K Read 7.48 4K Write 0.61 4K Mixed 0.58 68% 2.89 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 24.1% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273DH0- 8GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 667, 667 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	33% Below average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 12.8 32% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 8.5 20% 7.07 GB/s	Latency 74.5 54% 74.5 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 41%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	148x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	68x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 39%, 4,786 samples	61x

Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

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