Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 57.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	10.1% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	53.2% 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 as expected (53^rd 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% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	57.2% Above average	Memory 84.7 1-Core 43.8 2-Core 89.1 48% 72.5 Pts	4-Core 175 8-Core 176 24% 175 Pts	64-Core 175 11% 175 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI HD 4870 22,563 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Asus(1043 0278) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	10.1% Very poor	Lighting 13.9 Reflection 14.7 Parallax 9.7 11% 12.8 fps	MRender 9.5 Gravity 9.3 Splatting 9.8 8% 9.53 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.1% Great: 12%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S3 500G 500GB 12,292 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 428GB free (System drive) Firmware: 415000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 180 184 148 181 182 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	53.2% Above average	Read 194 Write 174 Mixed 114 SusWrite 175 37% 164 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 49.4 4K Mixed 32.1 104% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 28.5 DQ Write 67.9 DQ Mixed 37.1 31% 44.5 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 116%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	34.2% Below average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 7.6 MC Mixed 12.8 34% 11.7 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 9.2 22% 7.6 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 65%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 55%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

CPU
Phenom II X4 965AMD $144Bench 53%, 43,442 samples	16x
Phenom II X4 955AMD $83Bench 51%, 41,403 samples	14x
Phenom II X6 1090TAMD $240Bench 57%, 23,506 samples	6x

Value: 50% - Above average

Total price: $224

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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