Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 37.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	21% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Memory	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

Very high background CPU (60%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom X3 8550 347 User benchmarks, average bench 41% AM2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 3 threads Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 2.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	37.6% Below average	Memory 64.9 1-Core 25.8 2-Core 52.7 33% 47.8 Pts	4-Core 59.9 8-Core 80.3 9% 70.1 Pts	64-Core 92.1 6% 92.1 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 47%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6950-$290 24,657 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Sapphire(174B E186) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.251.9001.1001 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	21% Poor	Lighting 27 Reflection 21.1 Parallax 23.4 22% 23.8 fps	MRender 19.8 Gravity 21.1 Splatting 26.9 19% 22.6 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$34 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 503GB free Firmware: CC43 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 169 Mixed 97.4 106% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.25 88% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3x2GB 45,030 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 3 of 4 slots used 6GB DIMM DDR2 Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	20.6% Poor	MC Read 7.6 MC Write 5.3 MC Mixed 7.9 20% 6.93 GB/s	SC Read 4.8 SC Write 4.3 SC Mixed 5.5 14% 4.87 GB/s	Latency 114 35% 114 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 20.6% Great: 52%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 3%

Tree trunk

Desktop 44%

Speed boat

Workstation 3%

Tree trunk

CPU
Processor model unknownAMDBench 48%, 429 samples	1x
Phenom X3 8450AMDBench 39%, 1,789 samples	1x
Phenom 9650AMD $125Bench 43%, 2,698 samples	1x

SSD
PLUS 120GBSandiskBench 43%, 16,974 samples	1x

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