Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 53.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.22% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	44.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	14GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 14GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A8-5500 APU-$135 10,478 User benchmarks, average bench 48% P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	53.4% Above average	Memory 75.7 1-Core 58.4 2-Core 107 51% 80.4 Pts	4-Core 183 8-Core 177 24% 180 Pts	64-Core 185 12% 185 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 56%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Nvidia(10DE 0828) ≥ 4GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 300 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	3.22% Terrible	Lighting 3.9 Reflection 5.1 Parallax 1.1 3% 3.37 fps	MRender 4.9 Gravity 4.2 Splatting 3.3 3% 4.13 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.22% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: 03090004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 47 47 48 38 46 MB/s Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	44.5% Average	Read 191 Write 54.6 Mixed 95.7 SusWrite 43.8 21% 96.3 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 43.1 4K Mixed 28.6 96% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 47.1 DQ Mixed 59.8 54% 84.4 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 85%
Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 320GB 580 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 147GB free, PID 5021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 35 33 34 33 33 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	15.6% Very poor	Read 32.3 Write 30.8 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 33.9 41% 30.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 63% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 15.6% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston ACR512X64D3U13C9G ACR512X64D3U13C9G ACR256X64D3U13C9G PSD34G13332 14GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	27.8% Poor	MC Read 12.7 MC Write 5.6 MC Mixed 9.6 27% 9.3 GB/s	SC Read 7 SC Write 6.3 SC Mixed 8.9 21% 7.4 GB/s	Latency 88.9 45% 88.9 ns

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

Yacht

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

CPU
A8-5500 APUAMD $135Bench 48%, 10,478 samples	5x
A10-5700 APU (2012 D.Tr)AMD $265Bench 48%, 6,606 samples	4x

GPU
Radeon HD 7350AMDBench 1%, 1,650 samples	2x
GeForce GTS 450NvidiaBench 7%, 25,436 samples	1x
GTX 660Nvidia $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples	1x

SSD
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	1x
870 EVO 500GBSamsung $60Bench 104%, 60,851 samples	1x
Ultimate SU800 512GBAdata $82Bench 104%, 31,280 samples	1x

RAM
ACR512X64D3U16C11G 2x4GBKingstonBench 51%, 749 samples	3x
HU564404EP0200 2x4GBUnifosaBench 49%, 333 samples	1x
ACR512X64D3U13C9G 3x4GBKingstonBench 37%, 245 samples	1x

Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $201

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