Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Tree trunk	Desktop 41% Speed boat	Workstation 0% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 45%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	0.74% 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	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X2 240 5,506 User benchmarks, average bench 40% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	45% Average	Memory 78.7 1-Core 41.5 2-Core 81.1 45% 67.1 Pts	4-Core 67.4 8-Core 80.7 10% 74.1 Pts	64-Core 82.4 5% 82.4 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 47%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 4290 1,024 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Biostar(1565 1705) 256MB Driver: atiu9p64 aticfx64 aticfx64 atiu9pag aticfx32 aticfx32 atiumd64 atidxx64 atidxx64 atiumdag atidxx32 atidxx32 atiumdva atiumd6a atitmm64 Ver. 8.710.0.0 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.74% Terrible	Lighting 0.7 Reflection 1 Parallax 0.8 1% 0.83 fps	MRender 1 Gravity 1.5 Splatting 1.4 1% 1.3 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.74% Great: 1%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD WD3200AZKX-00D6NA0 320GB 180 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 22 23 23 25 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	30.3% Below average	Read 83.2 Write 57.3 Mixed 36.4 SusWrite 21.9 37% 49.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.5 110% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x4GB 154,807 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	24.5% Poor	MC Read 9.8 MC Write 6.5 MC Mixed 7.4 23% 7.9 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 6 19% 6.53 GB/s	Latency 82.9 48% 82.9 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 24.5% Great: 52%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

CPU
Phenom II X6 1055TAMD $175Bench 54%, 23,835 samples	1x
Phenom II X2 565AMD $200Bench 48%, 383 samples	1x

GPU
Radeon HD 4290ATIBench 1%, 1,024 samples	1x
HD 6850AMDBench 12%, 31,600 samples	1x

SSD
P210 512GBPatriotBench 71%, 4,278 samples	1x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	1x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	1x

Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $175

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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