Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 57.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 970 2,539 User benchmarks, average bench 56% CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	57.4% Above average	Memory 80.1 1-Core 51.7 2-Core 104 50% 78.6 Pts	4-Core 204 8-Core 199 27% 202 Pts	64-Core 207 13% 207 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6950-$290 24,657 User benchmarks, average bench 19% PwrHis(1787 2010) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 18% Great: 21%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 818GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC4C SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 173 169 175 179 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 166 Mixed 79.7 SusWrite 173 109% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.8% Below average	MC Read 12.9 MC Write 7.4 MC Mixed 11.2 30% 10.5 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 8.5 21% 7.23 GB/s	Latency 80.3 50% 80.3 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 50%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 55%

Gunboat

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

CPU
Phenom II X4 965AMD $144Bench 53%, 43,442 samples	5x
Phenom II X6 1055TAMD $175Bench 54%, 23,835 samples	3x
Athlon II X4 640AMD $70Bench 45%, 18,839 samples	2x

SSD
SU650 120GBAdata $14Bench 63%, 42,288 samples	2x
XPG SX900 128GBAdata $103Bench 68%, 6,500 samples	1x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	1x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 37,489 samples	2x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	1x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	1x

Value: 34% - Below average

Total price: $361

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16