Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 53.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	6.88% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

4 years ago, 3 years ago.

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A8-6500 APU-$135 7,219 User benchmarks, average bench 50% P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Memory 77.4 1-Core 67 2-Core 116 54% 86.9 Pts	4-Core 172 8-Core 189 24% 180 Pts	64-Core 184 11% 184 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 8570D + R7 240 Dual Graphics 47 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Device(1642 3D79) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1001.1001 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	6.88% Terrible	Lighting 8.63 Reflection 9.38 Parallax 10.6 7% 9.55 fps	MRender 7.86 Gravity 7.9 Splatting 8.26 7% 8.01 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.88% Great: 7%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 226GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 85 85 79 80 83 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	57% Above average	Read 117 Write 112 Mixed 94.7 SusWrite 81 75% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.2 234% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B1G73QH0-CK0 1x8GB 7,106 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	22.1% Poor	MC Read 9.6 MC Write 4 MC Mixed 6.7 19% 6.77 GB/s	SC Read 7.4 SC Write 5.5 SC Mixed 7.9 20% 6.93 GB/s	Latency 85.6 47% 85.6 ns
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 34%

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

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GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16