Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 52.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.69% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	45% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 840-$150 5,147 User benchmarks, average bench 47% AM3, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Memory 73.8 1-Core 46.8 2-Core 94.1 46% 71.6 Pts	4-Core 182 8-Core 184 24% 183 Pts	64-Core 182 11% 182 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 55%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Zotac(19DA 7326) 2GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.69% Terrible	Lighting 4.33 Reflection 4.5 Parallax 3.66 4% 4.16 fps	MRender 4.1 Gravity 3.9 Splatting 6.13 4% 4.71 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.69% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intenso Sata III 253GB 1,829 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1126K SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 68 71 73 73 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	45% Average	Read 321 Write 274 Mixed 233 SusWrite 70.4 50% 225 MB/s	4K Read 14.5 4K Write 60.4 4K Mixed 21.9 82% 32.3 MB/s	DQ Read 24.6 DQ Write 91.8 DQ Mixed 34.7 33% 50.4 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 101%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 450GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 70 73 73 72 72 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	42.3% Average	Read 75.5 Write 70.3 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 71.4 50% 67.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 147% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 57%
Samsung HD160JJ 160GB-$85 5,008 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 19GB free Firmware: ZM100-41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 53 54 54 54 53 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	31.4% Below average	Read 55.4 Write 58.9 Mixed 39.8 SusWrite 53.6 38% 51.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 151% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	22.3% Poor	MC Read 8.8 MC Write 6.2 MC Mixed 6.8 21% 7.27 GB/s	SC Read 5.1 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 6.6 16% 5.67 GB/s	Latency 92.9 43% 92.9 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 65%

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	5x
Phenom II X6 1090TAMD $240Bench 57%, 23,506 samples	4x
Athlon II X4 640AMD $70Bench 45%, 18,839 samples	3x

SSD
PM871 2.5 7mm 128GBSamsungBench 71%, 2,429 samples	2x
SSD 1TBBench 80%, 9,059 samples	2x
WDS250G2B0A-00SM50 250GBWDCBench 87%, 12,305 samples	2x

Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $144

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