Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 44% Speed boat	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 44.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	10% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6 (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20080709
Uptime	32.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '19 at 01:36
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	48%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom 9550 2,773 User benchmarks, average bench 43% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 2.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	44.2% Average	Memory 70.9 1-Core 32.7 2-Core 65.2 38% 56.3 Pts	4-Core 98.8 8-Core 130 14% 115 Pts	64-Core 128 8% 128 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 50%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 740 30,433 User benchmarks, average bench 7% EVGA(3842 3742) 1GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	10% Very poor	Lighting 11.2 Reflection 10.4 Parallax 13 9% 11.5 fps	MRender 15 Gravity 13.6 Splatting 14.5 12% 14.4 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 10% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST3250824AS 250GB-$148 4,794 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.ADH SusWrite @10s intervals: 9 22 29 24 35 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	8.25% Terrible	Read 2.5 Write 8.2 Mixed 5 SusWrite 26.3 8% 10.5 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 13% 0.07 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 8.25% Great: 37%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$21 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 236GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 72 70 72 73 73 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	45.4% Average	Read 87.1 Write 85.7 Mixed 50.6 SusWrite 71.4 54% 73.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 100% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	24.3% Poor	MC Read 10.3 MC Write 5.8 MC Mixed 9.2 24% 8.43 GB/s	SC Read 4.3 SC Write 4.6 SC Mixed 5.5 14% 4.8 GB/s	Latency 99.2 40% 99.2 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 24.3% Great: 45%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 3%

Tree trunk

Desktop 49%

Yacht

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

GPU
Radeon HD 5570AMDBench 4%, 12,172 samples	3x
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 98,254 samples	1x
GeForce GT 220NvidiaBench 2%, 19,671 samples	1x

SSD
S650 240GBHPBench 75%, 488 samples	2x
SATA-III SSD 120GBVerbatimBench 72%, 11 samples	1x
535 Series 120GBIntel $75Bench 74%, 5,451 samples	1x

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) $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