Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 50.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	4.29% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	53.6% 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.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A8-6500 APU-$135 7,219 User benchmarks, average bench 50% P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	50.1% Above average	Memory 73.6 1-Core 64.8 2-Core 110 52% 82.7 Pts	4-Core 155 8-Core 167 21% 161 Pts	64-Core 167 10% 167 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 8570D 8,328 User benchmarks, average bench 4% MSI(1462 7857) 768MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	4.29% Terrible	Lighting 4.9 Reflection 8.5 Parallax 4.8 4% 6.07 fps	MRender 5.3 Gravity 4.2 Splatting 7.6 5% 5.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.29% Great: 5%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
R580 120GB 120GB 125 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: 02000004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 34 39 38 37 40 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 392 Write 172 Mixed 240 SusWrite 37.5 46% 210 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 57.5 4K Mixed 21.6 95% 34.6 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 41.1 63% 117 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 47,852 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.3% Poor	MC Read 13.3 MC Write 5.8 MC Mixed 9.9 28% 9.67 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 5.7 SC Mixed 8.7 20% 6.93 GB/s	Latency 93.3 43% 93.3 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 62%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 50%

Yacht

Workstation 3%

Tree trunk

SSD
520 Series 240GBIntel $139Bench 78%, 12,595 samples	2x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	2x
240GB 240GBSSDBench 64%, 5,968 samples	2x

RAM
M2X2G64CB88G7N-DG 2x2GBNanyaBench 48%, 472 samples	7x
M2F8G64CB8HC5N-DI 2x8GBNanyaBench 54%, 1,156 samples	3x
M2F2G64CB88G4N-DI 2x2GBNanyaBench 48%, 276 samples	3x

Value: 34% - Below average

Total price: $274

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