Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 54%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	1.1% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	55.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A8-5500 APU-$135 10,478 User benchmarks, average bench 48% P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	54% Above average	Memory 77.5 1-Core 56.3 2-Core 107 51% 80.4 Pts	4-Core 180 8-Core 178 24% 179 Pts	64-Core 178 11% 178 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 56%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Device(1545 5450) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.1% Terrible	Lighting 1.33 Reflection 1.77 Parallax 1.62 1% 1.58 fps	MRender 1.67 Gravity 0.83 Splatting 1.61 1% 1.37 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.1% Great: 1%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 93 90 91 94 88 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 268 Write 125 Mixed 160 SusWrite 91.3 36% 161 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 71.8 4K Mixed 34 110% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 92.8 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 98.9 78% 106 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GU6AFR8A-PB HMT41GU6MFR8C-PB 16GB 78 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.3% Below average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 6.4 MC Mixed 11.9 33% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 7 SC Mixed 11.1 25% 8.6 GB/s	Latency 85.3 47% 85.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 62%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 19%

Surfboard

Desktop 60%

Destroyer

Workstation 15%

Tree trunk

CPU
A8-5500 APUAMD $135Bench 48%, 10,478 samples	4x
A10-5800K APU (2012 D.Tr)AMD $119Bench 50%, 18,312 samples	1x

SSD
T253256GB 256GBTeamBench 75%, 779 samples	1x

RAM
KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/8G 16GBKingstonBench 51%, 322 samples	1x
M378B1G73BH0-CK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 28%, 1,614 samples	1x
Samsung M378B1G73BH0-CK0 12GBUnknownBench 36%, 11 samples	1x

Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $194

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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16