Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (12th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 88 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 46.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	24.6% 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)
Boot Drive	8.79% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 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 (70%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing way below expectations (12^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 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% AM3, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 3 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	46.8% Average	Memory 77.8 1-Core 38.6 2-Core 66.9 42% 61.1 Pts	4-Core 91.5 8-Core 112 13% 102 Pts	64-Core 133 8% 133 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E271) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.251.9001.1001 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	24.6% Poor	Lighting 31.3 Reflection 36.5 Parallax 42.3 26% 36.7 fps	MRender 30.8 Gravity 32.4 Splatting 22.3 23% 28.5 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 24.6% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Burst 120GB 15,567 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 17 27 28 11 6.3 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	8.79% Terrible	Read 67.3 Write 62.8 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 17.7 12% 55.3 MB/s	4K Read 6.4 4K Write 6.8 4K Mixed 3 17% 5.4 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 8.79% Great: 88%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 112GB free Firmware: SBFKKB.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 141 204 184 167 104 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	31.4% Below average	Read 90.5 Write 79.7 Mixed 80.3 SusWrite 155 23% 101 MB/s	4K Read 12 4K Write 25.9 4K Mixed 15 51% 17.6 MB/s	DQ Read 30.5 DQ Write 77.5 DQ Mixed 38 34% 48.7 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 102%
WD Blue 250GB (2007)-$25 41,230 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 88GB free Firmware: 03.03E03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 19 30 31 12 8.2 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	25.5% Poor	Read 68.3 Write 66 Mixed 49 SusWrite 20 38% 50.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.5 110% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 25.5% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Elpida EBJ21UE8BDF0-DJ-F EBJ21UE8BDF0-DJ-F Kingston 99U5471-002.A01LF Kingston 99U5471-002.A01LF 8GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	28.9% Poor	MC Read 11.3 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 12.4 29% 10.1 GB/s	SC Read 4.9 SC Write 4 SC Mixed 7.3 15% 5.4 GB/s	Latency 84.7 47% 84.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 35%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 53%

Yacht

Workstation 3%

Tree trunk

CPU
Phenom II X4 955AMD $83Bench 51%, 41,403 samples	8x
Phenom II X6 1055TAMD $175Bench 54%, 23,835 samples	5x
Athlon II X4 640AMD $70Bench 45%, 18,839 samples	4x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	3x
870 EVO 500GBSamsung $66Bench 104%, 60,851 samples	3x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	2x

RAM
4GBUnknownBench 26%, 42,830 samples	2x
FLKE86F-C8KLAA FLKE86F-C8KLAA Hynix HMT351U6EFR8C-PB Team-Elite-1333 12GBKingmaxBench 32%, 2 samples	2x
M378B5773DH0-CH9 2x2GBSamsungBench 45%, 4,605 samples	1x

Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $111

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16