Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 46.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom 9550 2,773 User benchmarks, average bench 43% Socket AM2 , 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	46.6% Average	Memory 70.4 1-Core 35.2 2-Core 69.5 39% 58.4 Pts	4-Core 134 8-Core 139 18% 136 Pts	64-Core 139 9% 139 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 392GB free Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	3.51% Terrible	Read 7.3 Write 4.74 Mixed 3.75 4% 5.27 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 0.22 4K Mixed 0.003 24% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 3.51% Great: 69%
Seagate ST3500320SV 500GB 315 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 217GB free Firmware: SV16 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	54.1% Above average	Read 93.3 Write 95.7 Mixed 96.6 72% 95.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 0.67 4K Mixed 0.22 52% 0.42 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 58%
Hitachi HDS721032CLA 320GB 459 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: JPFO Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	42.2% Average	Read 72.7 Write 74.4 Mixed 70.7 55% 72.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.32 72% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	26.6% Poor	MC Read 11 MC Write 5.9 MC Mixed 10.8 26% 9.23 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 4.8 SC Mixed 6.8 17% 5.9 GB/s	Latency 100 40% 100 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 26.6% Great: 45%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 55%

Gunboat

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

CPU
Phenom II X4 945AMDBench 51%, 12,746 samples	3x
Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+AMDBench 37%, 5,400 samples	3x
Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+AMDBench 39%, 3,286 samples	3x

GPU
GTX 650-TiNvidia $152Bench 14%, 36,698 samples	3x
GeForce GTS 250NvidiaBench 7%, 14,881 samples	3x
GeForce 9600 GTNvidiaBench 4%, 20,826 samples	2x

SSD
128G B 128GBSSDBench 50%, 87 samples	2x
PLUS 240 240GBSandiskBench 43%, 29 samples	2x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	2x

Value: 22% - Poor

Total price: $152

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