Performance Results


Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 36% Jet ski	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 37.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	0.63% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	32.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+ 3,286 User benchmarks, average bench 39% Socket AM2 , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	37.4% Below average	Memory 65.9 1-Core 27.7 2-Core 52.9 34% 48.8 Pts	4-Core 53 8-Core 67.5 8% 60.2 Pts	64-Core 46.2 3% 46.2 Pts
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 47%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8600 GS 300 User benchmarks, average bench 1% MSI(1462 8A93) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.63% Terrible	Lighting 0.77 Reflection 1.12 Parallax 0.22 1% 0.7 fps	MRender 1 Gravity 0.6 Splatting 0.78 1% 0.79 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.63% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: X412 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 138 179 188 185 183 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	32.8% Below average	Read 117 Write 14.1 Mixed 119 SusWrite 160 23% 102 MB/s	4K Read 11.8 4K Write 30.7 4K Mixed 14.3 52% 18.9 MB/s	DQ Read 34.2 DQ Write 67 DQ Mixed 43.3 35% 48.2 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 101%
SMI USB DISK 16GB 4,287 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 1GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.4 4.5 5.1 5.4 5.2 5.7 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	2.72% Terrible	Read 10.4 Write 0.5 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 4.9 6% 5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 2% 0.2 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.72% Great: 26%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x4GB 154,807 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	14.1% Very poor	MC Read 4.8 MC Write 4.4 MC Mixed 3.8 12% 4.33 GB/s	SC Read 3 SC Write 4 SC Mixed 3.2 10% 3.4 GB/s	Latency 112 36% 112 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 14.1% Great: 52%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 55%

Gunboat

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

CPU
Phenom II X4 945AMDBench 51%, 12,746 samples	3x
Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+AMDBench 37%, 5,400 samples	3x
Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+AMDBench 39%, 3,286 samples	3x

GPU
GTX 650-TiNvidia $152Bench 14%, 36,698 samples	3x
GeForce GTS 250NvidiaBench 7%, 14,881 samples	3x
GeForce 9600 GTNvidiaBench 4%, 20,826 samples	2x

SSD
128G B 128GBSSDBench 50%, 87 samples	2x
PLUS 240 240GBSandiskBench 43%, 29 samples	2x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	2x

Value: 22% - Poor

Total price: $152

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