Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 56.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	0.76% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	76.1% 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (49^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 945 12,746 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Memory 82.3 1-Core 41.3 2-Core 87.5 47% 70.4 Pts	4-Core 178 8-Core 178 24% 178 Pts	64-Core 171 11% 171 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 4290 1,024 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Elitegroup(1019 2257) 640MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.76% Terrible	Lighting 0.83 Reflection 1.92 Parallax 0.5 1% 1.09 fps	MRender 1.24 Gravity 0.37 Splatting 1.61 1% 1.07 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.76% Great: 1%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX300 120GB-$80 7,190 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: M2CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 218 223 222 285 255 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	76.1% Very good	Read 428 Write 177 Mixed 362 SusWrite 250 68% 304 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 68.2 4K Mixed 31.9 112% 41 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 199 152% 203 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 115%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% null MHz 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	26% Poor	MC Read 10.6 MC Write 7.3 MC Mixed 7.6 24% 8.5 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 6 17% 6.03 GB/s	Latency 76.3 52% 76.3 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 51%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

CPU
Phenom II X4 965AMD $144Bench 53%, 43,442 samples	2x
Phenom II X6 1075TAMD $254Bench 56%, 4,420 samples	1x
Phenom II X6 1100TAMD $340Bench 59%, 12,769 samples	1x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	1x
PLUS 480GBSandiskBench 48%, 58,990 samples	1x
PLUS 120 GB 120GBSandiskBench 42%, 14,313 samples	1x

Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $172

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