Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Tree trunk	Desktop 44% Speed boat	Workstation 0% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 53.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	0.53% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	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 (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 940 3,675 User benchmarks, average bench 49% AM2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Memory 77.3 1-Core 44 2-Core 89 46% 70.1 Pts	4-Core 177 8-Core 178 24% 177 Pts	64-Core 178 11% 178 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 56%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 3200 5,730 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 82F1) 256MB Driver: atiumd64.dll Ver. 8.632.0.0 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	0.53% Terrible	Lighting 0.57 Reflection 1.54 Parallax 0.44 0% 0.85 fps	MRender 0.9 Gravity 0.13 Splatting 1.26 1% 0.77 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.53% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Excelstor Technology J9250S 250GB 1,876 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 194GB free (System drive) Firmware: GM2OA52A SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 22 27 54 61 68 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	35.3% Below average	Read 76.4 Write 74.4 Mixed 45.7 SusWrite 46.6 45% 60.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 134% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 50%
Samsung HD162GJ 160GB 627 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 92GB free Firmware: 1AC01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 106 107 104 104 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 106 Write 116 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 104 71% 97 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR2 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	25.4% Poor	MC Read 9.5 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 9.3 24% 8.47 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 5.5 SC Mixed 6.8 17% 6 GB/s	Latency 85.7 47% 85.7 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 25.4% Great: 44%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 49%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

CPU
Phenom II X4 955AMD $83Bench 51%, 41,403 samples	3x
Phenom II X4 960TAMD $469Bench 54%, 4,461 samples	2x
Phenom II X4 945AMDBench 51%, 12,746 samples	1x

GPU
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	3x
Radeon HD 3200ATIBench 1%, 5,730 samples	2x
GTX 460Nvidia $203Bench 12%, 31,648 samples	1x

Value: 41% - Average

Total price: $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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