Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 43% Speed boat	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 49.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.3% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A8-3870 APU-$81 6,332 User benchmarks, average bench 47% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	49.3% Average	Memory 69.5 1-Core 46.9 2-Core 80.3 43% 65.6 Pts	4-Core 169 8-Core 175 23% 172 Pts	64-Core 171 11% 171 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 56%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6550D 4,197 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.0 Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	3.3% Terrible	Lighting 3.9 Reflection 5.31 Parallax 6.12 3% 5.11 fps	MRender 4.05 Gravity 5.5 Splatting 3.65 4% 4.4 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.3% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 240 406 280 271 272 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 241GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 55 72 77 98 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Read 105 Write 102 Mixed 67.2 SusWrite 81.7 66% 89.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 60%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 456GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 70 108 111 140 140 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Read 139 Write 135 Mixed 103 SusWrite 116 91% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 187% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	35.5% Below average	MC Read 15.3 MC Write 12.9 MC Mixed 11.7 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 5 SC Write 5.5 SC Mixed 6.2 16% 5.57 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 65%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 45%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

SSD
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	3x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	2x
Pyro 120GBPatriot $73Bench 63%, 135 samples	2x

Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $119

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