Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 6% 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 52.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	6.7% 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	59.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Very high background CPU (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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 Phenom II X4 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	52.8% Above average	Memory 75.4 1-Core 47 2-Core 93.7 46% 72 Pts	4-Core 174 8-Core 191 24% 183 Pts	64-Core 186 12% 186 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTS 250 14,881 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Nvidia(10DE 0592) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.01 Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	6.7% Terrible	Lighting 9.1 Reflection 12 Parallax 3.3 7% 8.13 fps	MRender 8.6 Gravity 7.6 Splatting 4.3 5% 6.83 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.7% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$40 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 195GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 192 195 199 200 201 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	59.3% Above average	Read 217 Write 200 Mixed 205 SusWrite 195 46% 204 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 49 4K Mixed 36.2 116% 38 MB/s	DQ Read 34.8 DQ Write 71.4 DQ Mixed 46 37% 50.7 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 123%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 447GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 116 124 126 125 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Read 120 Write 111 Mixed 64.8 SusWrite 122 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 69%
USB2.0 Flash Disk 8GB 77 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 5GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6 7.8 7.6 7.8 7.9 7 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	2.48% Terrible	Read 5.5 Write 3.2 Mixed 6.5 SusWrite 7.3 8% 5.62 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 2% 0.13 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.48% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-518.A00LF 9905471-006.A01LF 12GB 1600, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	28.2% Poor	MC Read 12 MC Write 7.4 MC Mixed 9.5 28% 9.63 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 5.6 SC Mixed 7.7 19% 6.63 GB/s	Latency 89.5 45% 89.5 ns

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 12%

Tree trunk

Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

RAM
XMS3 DDR3 1333 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 45%, 7,510 samples	2x
M378B1G73DB0-CK0 4x8GBSamsungBench 60%, 1,248 samples	1x
RipjawsX DDR3 1333 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 47%, 2,171 samples	1x

Value: 42% - Average

Total price: $229

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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