Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 46% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 52.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	0.58% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	46% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing as expected (50^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% Socket 938, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Memory 73.4 1-Core 46.7 2-Core 94.8 46% 71.6 Pts	4-Core 185 8-Core 187 25% 186 Pts	64-Core 188 12% 188 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% MSI(1462 2127) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.58% Terrible	Lighting 0.7 Reflection 1.8 Parallax 0.7 1% 1.07 fps	MRender 1.4 Gravity 0.4 Splatting 0.5 1% 0.77 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.58% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Twinmos SSD 128GB 500 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: H201202b SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 114 114 117 117 117 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	46% Average	Read 278 Write 316 Mixed 267 SusWrite 115 55% 244 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 34.9 4K Mixed 23.1 85% 27.5 MB/s	DQ Read 22.5 DQ Write 52.7 DQ Mixed 27 24% 34.1 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 156%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 381GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 116 117 117 118 117 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Read 112 Write 116 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 116 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 7.5 MC Mixed 12.3 33% 11.6 GB/s	SC Read 7.3 SC Write 6.3 SC Mixed 8.6 21% 7.4 GB/s	Latency 93.7 43% 93.7 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 65%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 49%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

CPU
Phenom II X6 1055TAMD $175Bench 54%, 23,835 samples	1x
Phenom II X4 955AMD $83Bench 51%, 41,403 samples	1x
Phenom II X2 555AMDBench 45%, 4,836 samples	1x

GPU
GeForce GT 220NvidiaBench 2%, 19,671 samples	1x
Radeon HD 5450AMDBench 1%, 66,079 samples	1x
HD 6850AMDBench 12%, 31,600 samples	1x

SSD
KNUP-120GB 120GBBench 64%, 2 samples	1x
SSD 128GBTwinmosBench 79%, 500 samples	1x

Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $175

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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