Performance Results


Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 33% Sail boat	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


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 a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 36%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	0.22% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	18.2% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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 X3 8450 1,789 User benchmarks, average bench 39% Socket AM2 , 1 CPU, 3 cores, 3 threads Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 2.1 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	36% Below average	Memory 55.2 1-Core 33.7 2-Core 66.7 34% 51.9 Pts	4-Core 99.5 8-Core 100 13% 99.8 Pts	64-Core 99.7 6% 99.7 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 46%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 7300 GT 1,554 User benchmarks, average bench 0% Asus(1043 820E) 256MB Ram: 256MB, Driver: 309.08 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.22% Terrible	Lighting 0.4 Reflection 1.2 Parallax 0.2 0% 0.6 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.22% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Ct240bx5 0 240GB 1,468 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6C SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 128 118 87 25 90 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	18.2% Very poor	Read 126 Write 102 Mixed 107 SusWrite 94.5 24% 107 MB/s	4K Read 8.9 4K Write 7.4 4K Mixed 5.6 25% 7.3 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 87%
Samsung HD321KJ 320GB-$42 12,070 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 258GB free Firmware: CP10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 78 78 77 78 78 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	41.6% Average	Read 67 Write 78.4 Mixed 45.7 SusWrite 77.7 49% 67.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	25.6% Poor	MC Read 11.3 MC Write 5.8 MC Mixed 10.6 26% 9.23 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 4.6 SC Mixed 6.6 16% 5.7 GB/s	Latency 142 28% 142 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 25.6% Great: 44%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 55%

Gunboat

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

CPU
Phenom II X4 945AMDBench 51%, 12,746 samples	3x
Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+AMDBench 37%, 5,400 samples	3x
Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+AMDBench 39%, 3,286 samples	3x

GPU
GTX 650-TiNvidia $152Bench 14%, 36,698 samples	3x
GeForce GTS 250NvidiaBench 7%, 14,881 samples	3x
GeForce 9600 GTNvidiaBench 4%, 20,826 samples	2x

SSD
128G B 128GBSSDBench 50%, 87 samples	2x
PLUS 240 240GBSandiskBench 43%, 29 samples	2x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	2x

Value: 22% - Poor

Total price: $152

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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