Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Tree trunk	Desktop 21% Surfboard	Workstation 0% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 47.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.24% 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	2GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows however a minimum of 4GB is recommended for gaming or any other RAM intensive tasks such as photo/video editing. This system will also be a little more responsive with 4GB of RAM.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-MA785GMT-UD2H (all builds)
Memory	1.2 GB free of 2 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20100525
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '21 at 08:36
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 245 6,247 User benchmarks, average bench 41% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	47.7% Average	Memory 81.1 1-Core 42.7 2-Core 86.1 46% 70 Pts	4-Core 86.4 8-Core 86.5 12% 86.4 Pts	64-Core 83 5% 83 Pts
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 48%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8600 GTS 2,598 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Device(0000 0000) 256MB Ram: 256MB, Driver: 341.44 Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	1.24% Terrible	Lighting 1.4 Reflection 7.1 Parallax 1.1 1% 3.2 fps	MRender 0.1 Gravity 0.9 Splatting 3.5 2% 1.5 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.24% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 250GB (2010)-$37 50,270 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 162GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 7.7 7.7 10 9.6 7.4 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	38.1% Below average	Read 121 Write 119 Mixed 63.5 SusWrite 11.6 58% 78.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 70%
Excelstor Technology J8160 165GB 106 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 119GB free (System drive) Firmware: P22OA40U SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 55 53 57 54 60 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	34.2% Below average	Read 63.5 Write 58.8 Mixed 39.6 SusWrite 55.4 40% 54.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 40%
ADATA USB Flash Drive 8GB 822 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID cb10 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 11 11 11 12 11 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	5.44% Terrible	Read 16.9 Write 9.4 Mixed 5.3 SusWrite 11.1 13% 10.7 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 9% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.44% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x2GB 99,586 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 1 of 4 slots used 2GB DIMM Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	22.7% Poor	MC Read 8 MC Write 6.3 MC Mixed 6.7 20% 7 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 5.8 19% 6.53 GB/s	Latency 78.5 51% 78.5 ns
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 26%

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	15x
Phenom II X4 965AMD $144Bench 53%, 43,442 samples	14x
Phenom II X4 955AMD $83Bench 51%, 41,403 samples	12x

SSD
Prime Series 256GBGigastoneBench 61%, 167 samples	8x
120GB SSD 120GBLexarBench 61%, 1,504 samples	3x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	3x

Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $175

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16