Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Tree trunk	Desktop 41% Speed boat	Workstation 0% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 45.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	0.43% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X2 215-$29 4,513 User benchmarks, average bench 38% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	45.4% Average	Memory 77.7 1-Core 40 2-Core 80 44% 65.9 Pts	4-Core 79.5 8-Core 80 11% 79.8 Pts	64-Core 78.2 5% 78.2 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 47%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon 3000 Graphics 21,841 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 8388) 256MB Driver: atiu9p64 aticfx64 atiu9pag aticfx32 atiumd64 atidxx64 atiumdag atidxx32 atiumdva atiumd6a atitmm64 Ver. 8.710.0.0 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.43% Terrible	Lighting 0.43 Reflection 1.46 Parallax 0.16 0% 0.68 fps	MRender 0.81 Gravity 0.13 Splatting 1.09 1% 0.68 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.43% Great: 1%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 877GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS2OA8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 142 153 169 149 166 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Read 143 Write 146 Mixed 31 SusWrite 151 85% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 137% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x4GB 154,807 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 2 slots used 4GB DIMM Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	25.7% Poor	MC Read 10.3 MC Write 7 MC Mixed 8.1 24% 8.47 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 6.4 19% 6.5 GB/s	Latency 84.9 47% 84.9 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 25.7% Great: 52%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 65%

Destroyer

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $281

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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