Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 52.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	1.17% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	64.7% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon X4 845-$50 6,391 User benchmarks, average bench 45% P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	Memory 66.8 1-Core 57.7 2-Core 138 51% 87.6 Pts	4-Core 216 8-Core 229 29% 223 Pts	64-Core 228 14% 228 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 54%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 5400 10,400 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Sapphire(174B 6000) 512MB Driver: aticfx32.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.17% Terrible	Lighting 1.37 Reflection 1.96 Parallax 1.62 1% 1.65 fps	MRender 1.86 Gravity 0.83 Splatting 1.91 1% 1.53 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.17% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 256 258 279 285 295 281 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Read 402 Write 245 Mixed 217 SusWrite 276 64% 285 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 55.6 4K Mixed 20.3 84% 31.6 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 77.8 DQ Mixed 122 95% 134 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 76%
P3-128 128GB 3,189 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 80GB free Firmware: T180517 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 23 29 26 23 27 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	43.4% Average	Read 386 Write 185 Mixed 62.7 SusWrite 42.1 37% 169 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 24.8 4K Mixed 21.1 72% 22.4 MB/s	DQ Read 96.2 DQ Write 34.2 DQ Mixed 81.4 56% 70.6 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown KRE-D3U1333M/4G Hynix DMT451E6AFR8C-H9 8GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	38% Below average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 9.9 MC Mixed 14.9 39% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 10.3 26% 8.93 GB/s	Latency 109 37% 109 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 50%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 46%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

CPU
Athlon X4 840 Quad CoreAMDBench 45%, 4,588 samples	10x
Athlon II X4 860KAMD $51Bench 45%, 29,887 samples	10x
A8-7600 APU (2014 D.Ka)AMDBench 42%, 31,243 samples	9x

GPU
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 5%, 22,117 samples	7x
Radeon HD 7480DAMDBench 2%, 8,289 samples	6x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	5x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	13x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	3x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	3x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 37,489 samples	5x
GR1600D364L11/8G 1x8GBGoodramBench 29%, 1,283 samples	3x
M2F8G64CC8HD5N-DI 2x8GBNanyaBench 49%, 1,126 samples	3x

Value: 21% - Poor

Total price: $28

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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