Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 56.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	7.79% 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	51% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (47^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 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Memory 82 1-Core 46.6 2-Core 93.7 48% 74.1 Pts	4-Core 183 8-Core 183 24% 183 Pts	64-Core 181 11% 181 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI HD 4870 22,563 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Asus(1043 0280) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	7.79% Terrible	Lighting 9.87 Reflection 9 Parallax 6.75 8% 8.54 fps	MRender 7.05 Gravity 6.27 Splatting 12.1 7% 8.47 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.79% Great: 12%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$53 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 389GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 80 83 86 86 86 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	51% Above average	Read 212 Write 185 Mixed 187 SusWrite 83.1 37% 167 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 46.8 4K Mixed 34.7 112% 36.6 MB/s	DQ Read 33.4 DQ Write 68.1 DQ Mixed 46.4 36% 49.3 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 125%
WD Black 750GB (2008)-$140 11,698 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 247GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 86 87 88 88 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	48.3% Average	Read 80.8 Write 70 Mixed 64.8 SusWrite 87 56% 75.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 65%
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$42 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 42GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 85 84 86 87 86 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	40.2% Average	Read 55 Write 54 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 84.8 43% 58.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6GB 111,301 User benchmarks, average bench 25% null MHz 1024, 1024, 2048, 2048 MB Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	28.6% Poor	MC Read 10.4 MC Write 7.6 MC Mixed 10.4 27% 9.47 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 8.5 20% 7.13 GB/s	Latency 76.9 52% 76.9 ns
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 46%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 53%

Yacht

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $83

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