Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 54.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	4.82% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	68.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Memory 76.7 1-Core 47.3 2-Core 94.3 47% 72.8 Pts	4-Core 190 8-Core 189 25% 190 Pts	64-Core 190 12% 190 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5570 12,172 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Sapphire(174B E142) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	4.82% Terrible	Lighting 6.2 Reflection 6.88 Parallax 5.09 5% 6.06 fps	MRender 5.86 Gravity 4.33 Splatting 5.74 4% 5.31 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.82% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Burst 120GB 15,567 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 248 40 73 71 73 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Read 364 Write 235 Mixed 267 SusWrite 125 55% 247 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 61.7 4K Mixed 31 121% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 158 135% 198 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 88%
Seagate ST3160812AS 41N3268 LEN 160GB 400 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 137GB free Firmware: 3.AAK SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 60 60 60 60 60 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	35.6% Below average	Read 63.7 Write 64.9 Mixed 41.9 SusWrite 60.2 42% 57.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-442.A00LF PSD34G160081 8GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.2% Below average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 7.5 MC Mixed 12.5 33% 11.6 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 8.8 22% 7.53 GB/s	Latency 86.9 46% 86.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 34%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 20%

Surfboard

Desktop 65%

Destroyer

Workstation 16%

Surfboard

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	49x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	25x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	24x

RAM
1x8GBAdataBench 41%, 25,310 samples	36x
2x8GBAdataBench 77%, 24,552 samples	34x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	11x

Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $225

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16