Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 45% Yacht	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 52.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	2.28% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Very high background CPU (62%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Hp-pavilion AY570AA-ABA a4316f (all builds)
Motherboard	PEGATRON VIOLET6
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20091112
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '22 at 00:51
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	62%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 945 12,746 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	52.6% Above average	Memory 78.1 1-Core 44.9 2-Core 88.9 46% 70.6 Pts	4-Core 160 8-Core 161 22% 161 Pts	64-Core 169 10% 169 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 8490 4,568 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Dell(1028 2120) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	2.28% Terrible	Lighting 3 Reflection 3.8 Parallax 2.8 2% 3.2 fps	MRender 2.6 Gravity 2.2 Splatting 2.4 2% 2.4 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.28% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Team T25 3X1240G 240GB 157GB free (System drive) Firmware: S062 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 201 143 83 60 46 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

Hitachi HDE721010SLA 1TB 121 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 917GB free Firmware: ST6O SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 111 111 112 111 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 106 Write 114 Mixed 61.5 SusWrite 111 72% 98.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	33.8% Below average	MC Read 15 MC Write 7.6 MC Mixed 13 34% 11.9 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 9.3 21% 7.47 GB/s	Latency 84.2 48% 84.2 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 65%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 44%

Speed boat

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

CPU
Athlon II X4 620AMDBench 44%, 5,981 samples	4x
Phenom II X4 945AMDBench 51%, 12,746 samples	1x

SSD
SD8SB8U1T00 1TBSandiskBench 82%, 91 samples	1x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16