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 (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 45.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	4.97% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A8-6600K APU-$88 21,890 User benchmarks, average bench 50% FM2 , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Memory 65.2 1-Core 49.3 2-Core 89.5 43% 68 Pts	4-Core 148 8-Core 151 20% 150 Pts	64-Core 165 10% 165 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% EVGA(3842 3733) 2GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	4.97% Terrible	Lighting 6.73 Reflection 7.04 Parallax 9.06 6% 7.61 fps	MRender 9.76 Gravity 6.83 Splatting 0.13 4% 5.58 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.97% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD3000BLFS-08YBU0 300GB 753 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 238GB free (System drive) Firmware: 04.04V06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 68 68 73 100 104 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	55.3% Above average	Read 108 Write 108 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 84 67% 91.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 200% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 71%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 909GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 155 156 161 181 183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 208 Write 172 Mixed 90.8 SusWrite 168 117% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.2 232% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G 8GB 520 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	23.7% Poor	MC Read 10.8 MC Write 5.1 MC Mixed 8.6 23% 8.17 GB/s	SC Read 5.2 SC Write 4.8 SC Mixed 7 16% 5.67 GB/s	Latency 113 35% 113 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 23.7% Great: 57%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 51%

Yacht

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

SSD
SQ500S37480G 480GBKingstonBench 77%, 1,176 samples	3x
S3 512G 512GBSandiskBench 96%, 10,855 samples	3x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	2x

RAM
KHX1600C9D3/4GX 8GBKingstonBench 41%, 1,116 samples	5x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	3x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	2x

Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $88

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