Performance Results


Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 46% Yacht	Workstation 2% 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 50.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	1.22% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	23.8% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	5GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 5GB 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.

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 X3 460-$150 1,087 User benchmarks, average bench 46% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 3 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	50.5% Above average	Memory 75.9 1-Core 49.6 2-Core 100 48% 75.2 Pts	4-Core 147 8-Core 150 20% 148 Pts	64-Core 152 9% 152 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 52%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 310 4,147 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Nvidia(10DE 0733) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.22% Terrible	Lighting 1.23 Reflection 2.58 Parallax 0.5 1% 1.44 fps	MRender 3.43 Gravity 0.73 Splatting 2 2% 2.05 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.22% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD 256GB-$150 2,567 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 111GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.0.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 35 41 57 54 55 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	23.8% Poor	Read 290 Write 182 Mixed 41.3 SusWrite 47.4 31% 140 MB/s	4K Read 11.7 4K Write 8.6 4K Mixed 5.8 30% 8.7 MB/s	DQ Read 15.1 DQ Write 9.2 DQ Mixed 5.9 6% 10.1 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 54%
WD WD25 00JS-58NCB1 250GB 17,984 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 232GB free Firmware: 10.02E02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 42 46 57 55 56 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	31.8% Below average	Read 60.1 Write 58.1 Mixed 42.3 SusWrite 50.2 39% 52.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 158% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 35%
Samsung HD160JJ 160GB-$85 5,008 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 149GB free Firmware: ZM100-33 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 58 59 59 59 59 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	33.8% Below average	Read 58.2 Write 62.6 Mixed 42.4 SusWrite 59 41% 55.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Atermiter Samsung M378B2873FH0-CH9 5GB 667, 667 MHz 4096, 1024 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	23.6% Poor	MC Read 9 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 7 22% 7.57 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 6.6 19% 6.63 GB/s	Latency 88.4 45% 88.4 ns

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	23x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	17x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	10x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	13x
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	11x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	9x

Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $517

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