Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 0% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 56.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	1.67% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A8-6500 APU-$135 7,219 User benchmarks, average bench 50% P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	56.5% Above average	Memory 79.6 1-Core 72.3 2-Core 126 57% 92.5 Pts	4-Core 195 8-Core 203 26% 199 Pts	64-Core 204 13% 204 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 8570D 8,328 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Legend(17AA 3089) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	1.67% Terrible	Lighting 0.1 Reflection 8.5 Parallax 4.8 0% 4.47 fps	MRender 5.1 Gravity 4.3 Splatting 7.4 5% 5.6 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 1.67% Great: 5%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba MQ01ABF050 500GB-$32 118,349 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 340GB free (System drive) Firmware: AM0P2C SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 54 56 55 53 54 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	41.8% Average	Read 90.9 Write 88.5 Mixed 32.9 SusWrite 54.4 49% 66.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 119% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT112U7TFR8C-H9 4x1GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 4 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.1% Poor	MC Read 12.7 MC Write 6.1 MC Mixed 9.7 27% 9.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 9.9 24% 8.43 GB/s	Latency 81.3 49% 81.3 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 50%

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

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HDD

RAM

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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