Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	2.8% 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	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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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 FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Memory 86.8 1-Core 75.4 2-Core 148 63% 103 Pts	4-Core 276 8-Core 442 44% 359 Pts	64-Core 449 28% 449 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI HD 4870 22,563 User benchmarks, average bench 9% PwrHis(1787 2266) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	2.8% Terrible	Lighting 0.03 Reflection 10 Parallax 8.66 0% 6.24 fps	MRender 7.9 Gravity 8.13 Splatting 12.7 8% 9.59 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 2.8% Great: 12%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 250GB (2007)-$25 41,230 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: 03.03E03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 43 42 41 36 36 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	25.4% Poor	Read 48.9 Write 46 Mixed 23.7 SusWrite 39.5 29% 39.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.2 41% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 25.4% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston ACR16D3LU1KBG ACR16D3LU1KBG 9905403-442.A 9905403-442.A 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 800, 800, 667, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	44.7% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 15.1 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 11.4 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 45%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 14%

Tree trunk

Desktop 65%

Destroyer

Workstation 12%

Tree trunk

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	3x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	3x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $70Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	1x

RAM
ACR16D3LU1KBG 2x4GBKingstonBench 38%, 27 samples	2x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 4,775 samples	2x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	1x

Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $258

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $44	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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