Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 45% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 45.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.72% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	58.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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 (57^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	45.8% Average	Memory 63.5 1-Core 60.6 2-Core 113 48% 79.1 Pts	4-Core 164 8-Core 169 22% 166 Pts	64-Core 170 10% 170 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 56%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 7450 10,238 User benchmarks, average bench 2% MSI(1462 2496) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1045.0 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	1.72% Terrible	Lighting 2.2 Reflection 2.9 Parallax 2 2% 2.37 fps	MRender 2 Gravity 1.9 Splatting 1.9 2% 1.93 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.72% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 480GB-$38 83,298 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 409GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR041 SusWrite @10s intervals: 334 336 162 69 260 170 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 441 Write 312 Mixed 328 SusWrite 222 73% 326 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 24.7 4K Mixed 14.9 77% 23.1 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 48.1 DQ Mixed 33.1 43% 79.8 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 92%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 422GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 124 124 118 125 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Read 116 Write 109 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 122 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingmax FLGF65F-D8KQB Kingston HP655410-150-HYCG Samsung M378B52 Kingston HP655410-150-HYCG 16GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	32.4% Below average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 6.5 MC Mixed 11.6 33% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 10.7 25% 8.8 GB/s	Latency 118 34% 118 ns

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 0%

Incomplete

Desktop 0%

Incomplete

Workstation 0%

Incomplete

CPU
A8-5500 APUAMD $135Bench 48%, 10,478 samples	1x

GPU
Radeon HD 7450AMDBench 2%, 10,238 samples	1x

RAM
CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 16GBCorsairBench 49%, 430 samples	1x

Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $135

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