Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 47.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	4.08% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	82.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (93%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

23 months ago, 23 months ago.

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	47.8% Average	Memory 70.8 1-Core 52.5 2-Core 85.4 45% 69.6 Pts	4-Core 143 8-Core 163 20% 153 Pts	64-Core 163 10% 163 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 56%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R5 235 974 User benchmarks, average bench 2% MSI(1462 B499) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	4.08% Terrible	Lighting 4.7 Reflection 7.2 Parallax 4.6 4% 5.5 fps	MRender 4.9 Gravity 4.1 Splatting 7.1 5% 5.37 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.08% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D 500GB-$67 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 276GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 345 351 343 375 353 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Read 434 Write 372 Mixed 341 SusWrite 349 84% 374 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 62.3 4K Mixed 23.3 110% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 234 177% 238 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 117%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 896GB free Firmware: HP34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 204 202 200 205 202 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 185 Mixed 81.2 SusWrite 202 116% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5173DB0-CK0 Hynix HMT325U6EFR8C-PB 6GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 2048 MB Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	26.4% Poor	MC Read 12.6 MC Write 5.7 MC Mixed 8.9 26% 9.07 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 7.7 18% 6.3 GB/s	Latency 99.4 40% 99.4 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 26.4% Great: 53%

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

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HDD

RAM

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16