Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 46% Yacht	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 47.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	4.06% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	37.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A8-4500M APU 9,726 User benchmarks, average bench 39% Socket FT1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 1.9 GHz, turbo 2.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	47.4% Average	Memory 75.2 1-Core 46.6 2-Core 76.8 44% 66.2 Pts	4-Core 117 8-Core 118 16% 117 Pts	64-Core 91.3 6% 91.3 Pts
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 48%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 7640G + 8500M Dual Graphics 34 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Legend(17AA 3804) 768MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.251.9001.1001 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	4.06% Terrible	Lighting 4.9 Reflection 5.7 Parallax 7.1 4% 5.9 fps	MRender 3.5 Gravity 6.2 Splatting 5.4 4% 5.03 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.06% Great: 4%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 120 GB 120GB 14,313 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: UE4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 17 48 87 36 52 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	37.7% Below average	Read 380 Write 239 Mixed 230 SusWrite 74.4 51% 231 MB/s	4K Read 15.4 4K Write 23.6 4K Mixed 9.2 48% 16.1 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 57.9 DQ Mixed 31.9 38% 68.5 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown RMT3170ME68F9F1600 RMT3170MK58F8F1600 6GB 531 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 800, 800 MHz 4096, 2048 MB Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.3% Poor	MC Read 13.1 MC Write 5.6 MC Mixed 9.1 26% 9.27 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 5.2 SC Mixed 8 19% 6.53 GB/s	Latency 89.9 44% 89.9 ns
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 27.3% Great: 52%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 40%

Jet ski

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	3x
S700 500GBHP $60Bench 71%, 12,813 samples	2x
PLUS 120 GB 120GBSandiskBench 42%, 14,313 samples	2x

RAM
HMT425S6AFR6A-PB HMT451S6AFR8A-PB 6GBUnknownBench 40%, 718 samples	5x
HMT451S6AFR8A-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 48%, 18,159 samples	5x
M471B5173QH0-YK0 2x4GBSamsungBench 48%, 30,873 samples	5x

Value: 21% - Poor

Total price: $28

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16