Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 45% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 48.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	4.16% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	37.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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.

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A8-3820 APU 1,243 User benchmarks, average bench 44% P0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	48.1% Average	Memory 71.1 1-Core 40.5 2-Core 80.8 42% 64.1 Pts	4-Core 147 8-Core 150 20% 148 Pts	64-Core 150 9% 150 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 51%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6550D 4,197 User benchmarks, average bench 4% MSI(1462 7748) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.0 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	4.16% Terrible	Lighting 5.3 Reflection 5.81 Parallax 4.62 4% 5.24 fps	MRender 4.52 Gravity 3.97 Splatting 5.35 4% 4.61 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.16% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 120 GB 120GB 14,313 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: UE3000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 58 67 44 59 51 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	37.4% Below average	Read 377 Write 64.1 Mixed 135 SusWrite 52.7 34% 157 MB/s	4K Read 15.1 4K Write 21.5 4K Mixed 14.2 52% 16.9 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 16.3 DQ Mixed 42.3 37% 58.4 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 55%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 128 123 127 123 124 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Read 112 Write 108 Mixed 54.3 SusWrite 125 73% 99.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.9 148% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5173EB0-CK0 2x4GB 4,503 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.9% Below average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 11.9 MC Mixed 10.7 35% 12.3 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 7.9 19% 6.67 GB/s	Latency 98.8 40% 98.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 59%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 3%

Tree trunk

Desktop 43%

Speed boat

Workstation 3%

Tree trunk

RAM
M2F2G64CB88G7N-CG 2x2GBNanyaBench 41%, 409 samples	8x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 27,462 samples	1x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	1x

Value: 21% - Poor

Total price: $28

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