Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 49.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	8.6% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X3 445-$100 3,101 User benchmarks, average bench 44% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 3 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	49.9% Average	Memory 76.8 1-Core 45.9 2-Core 91.7 46% 71.5 Pts	4-Core 136 8-Core 136 18% 136 Pts	64-Core 138 8% 138 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 51%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTS 250 14,881 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Gigabyte(1458 34CB) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	8.6% Terrible	Lighting 11.8 Reflection 10.8 Parallax 4.09 10% 8.91 fps	MRender 9.1 Gravity 8.57 Splatting 7.04 7% 8.24 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.6% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50 72,924 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	48.5% Average	Read 90 Write 79 Mixed 30.9 49% 66.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.27 76% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 77%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 8GB 30,139 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 4GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	10.9% Very poor	Read 21.7 Write 7.82 Mixed 10.8 15% 13.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.01 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 1.17 111% 2.28 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 10.9% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	31.7% Below average	MC Read 13.3 MC Write 7.1 MC Mixed 11.9 31% 10.8 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 10.3 24% 8.4 GB/s	Latency 86.6 46% 86.6 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 44%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 17%

Surfboard

Desktop 60%

Gunboat

Workstation 13%

Tree trunk

CPU
Phenom II X4 955AMD $83Bench 51%, 41,403 samples	21x
Phenom II X6 1090TAMD $240Bench 57%, 23,506 samples	15x
Phenom II X4 965AMD $144Bench 53%, 43,442 samples	10x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	10x
GeForce GTS 450NvidiaBench 7%, 25,436 samples	7x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	6x

SSD
A400 120GBKingston $32Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	7x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	6x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	3x

Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $174

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $33	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