Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 53.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	1.74% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	57.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% AM3r2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	53.1% Above average	Memory 73.6 1-Core 53.7 2-Core 97.4 48% 74.9 Pts	4-Core 178 8-Core 308 29% 243 Pts	64-Core 311 19% 311 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6450 32,407 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Sapphire(174B E164) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	1.74% Terrible	Lighting 2.3 Reflection 2.27 Parallax 1.97 2% 2.18 fps	MRender 1.86 Gravity 1.6 Splatting 1.96 2% 1.8 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.74% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.r SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 231 120 119 147 129 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	Read 335 Write 202 Mixed 293 SusWrite 164 56% 248 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 39.1 4K Mixed 24.2 82% 27.8 MB/s	DQ Read 191 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 67.6 83% 146 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 111%
Seagate ST3500830AS 500GB-$145 6,517 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 334GB free Firmware: 3.AFE SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 71 71 71 72 72 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	36% Below average	Read 54 Write 51.5 Mixed 38.7 SusWrite 71.4 40% 53.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	43.9% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 15.4 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 12.4 27% 9.53 GB/s	Latency 93.4 43% 93.4 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 54%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $517

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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