Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 55.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.65% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	60.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 960T-$469 4,461 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	Memory 83.3 1-Core 47.8 2-Core 94.5 49% 75.2 Pts	4-Core 163 8-Core 167 22% 165 Pts	64-Core 165 10% 165 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 8C93) 2GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.65% Terrible	Lighting 4.3 Reflection 4.19 Parallax 4.09 4% 4.2 fps	MRender 4.05 Gravity 3.8 Splatting 6.04 4% 4.63 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.65% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z33130RL Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 400 Write 335 Mixed 357 81% 364 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 62.9 4K Mixed 5.63 75% 30.4 MB/s	DQ Read 24.2 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 6.24 27% 57.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 78%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4.5TB free Firmware: 0911 Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	18.2% Very poor	Read 32.1 Write 28.8 Mixed 24.7 21% 28.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.64 4K Write 4.33 4K Mixed 0.51 289% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 465GB free Firmware: HP34 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 124 Write 115 Mixed 119 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.62 136% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C8 2x4GB 3,582 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.4% Below average	MC Read 13.7 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 12.6 31% 11 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 9.8 22% 7.63 GB/s	Latency 74.7 54% 74.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 63%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 65%

Destroyer

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	50x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	36x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	32x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	45x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	32x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	26x

Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $334

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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