Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 53.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	28.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	45% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (68^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 945 12,746 User benchmarks, average bench 51% AM2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	Memory 76.6 1-Core 44.3 2-Core 89 46% 70 Pts	4-Core 176 8-Core 178 24% 177 Pts	64-Core 179 11% 179 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Sapphire(174B E241) 2GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.20 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	28.2% Poor	Lighting 35.6 Reflection 32.2 Parallax 46.8 29% 38.2 fps	MRender 28.2 Gravity 31.3 Splatting 36.7 27% 32 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 120GB-$15 37,154 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 106 107 62 29 41 MB/s Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	45% Average	Read 226 Write 206 Mixed 206 SusWrite 74.2 40% 178 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 56.8 4K Mixed 21.6 102% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 29.8 DQ Write 15 DQ Mixed 4 8% 16.3 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 312GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 108 108 62 29 42 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Read 114 Write 109 Mixed 59.3 SusWrite 75 66% 89.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1.1 187% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 70%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 486GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 101 103 102 102 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	Read 101 Write 99.3 Mixed 68.4 SusWrite 102 68% 92.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR2 Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	28.1% Poor	MC Read 10.5 MC Write 7.7 MC Mixed 10.4 27% 9.53 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 7.2 19% 6.73 GB/s	Latency 87.1 46% 87.1 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 45%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 49%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

CPU
Phenom II X4 955AMD $83Bench 51%, 41,403 samples	3x
Phenom II X4 960TAMD $469Bench 54%, 4,461 samples	2x
Phenom II X4 945AMDBench 51%, 12,746 samples	1x

GPU
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	3x
Radeon HD 3200ATIBench 1%, 5,730 samples	2x
GTX 460Nvidia $203Bench 12%, 31,648 samples	1x

Value: 41% - Average

Total price: $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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