Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 56%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	0.64% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	45.1% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	56% Above average	Memory 80.9 1-Core 46.9 2-Core 93.5 48% 73.8 Pts	4-Core 182 8-Core 182 24% 182 Pts	64-Core 185 11% 185 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 3300 913 User benchmarks, average bench 1% MSI(1462 7576) 384MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	0.64% Terrible	Lighting 0.67 Reflection 1.73 Parallax 0.38 0% 0.92 fps	MRender 1.1 Gravity 0.2 Splatting 1.57 1% 0.95 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.64% Great: 1%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M3 128GB 702 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 169 130 171 169 168 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	45.1% Average	Read 177 Write 164 Mixed 129 SusWrite 160 36% 158 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 40 4K Mixed 24.7 85% 28.7 MB/s	DQ Read 26.8 DQ Write 53.3 DQ Mixed 30.4 26% 36.8 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM SDRAM Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	29.7% Poor	MC Read 12.2 MC Write 7.3 MC Mixed 10.8 29% 10.1 GB/s	SC Read 6.5 SC Write 5.6 SC Mixed 7.7 19% 6.6 GB/s	Latency 78.8 51% 78.8 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 45%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 18%

Surfboard

Desktop 61%

Destroyer

Workstation 14%

Tree trunk

CPU
Phenom II X4 955AMD $83Bench 51%, 41,403 samples	6x
Phenom II X6 1090TAMD $240Bench 57%, 23,506 samples	2x
Phenom II X4 965AMD $144Bench 53%, 43,442 samples	2x

SSD
128GB 128GBIntensoBench 66%, 1,805 samples	2x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	2x
SSD Plus 120GBSanDisk $42Bench 58%, 87,912 samples	1x

Value: 24% - Poor

Total price: $518

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