Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 46.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.36% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	64.2% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A4-4000 APU-$171 6,528 User benchmarks, average bench 39% P0, 1 CPU, 1 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	46.9% Average	Memory 79.7 1-Core 56.2 2-Core 85.8 49% 73.9 Pts	4-Core 85.6 8-Core 83 11% 84.3 Pts	64-Core 84.1 5% 84.1 Pts
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 50%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9400 GT 12,718 User benchmarks, average bench 1% MSI(1462 1572) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.36% Terrible	Lighting 1.37 Reflection 2.65 Parallax 0.44 1% 1.49 fps	MRender 3.62 Gravity 0.9 Splatting 2.26 2% 2.26 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.36% Great: 1%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 190 194 207 207 207 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Read 458 Write 203 Mixed 210 SusWrite 199 59% 268 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 70.7 4K Mixed 12.6 91% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 76.5 82% 137 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 78%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5584-005.A00LF Samsung M378B5273DH0-CH9 8GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1600, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.1% Poor	MC Read 12.1 MC Write 6 MC Mixed 10.3 27% 9.47 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 7.3 SC Mixed 10.3 25% 8.6 GB/s	Latency 81.1 49% 81.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 50%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 45%

Speed boat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

GPU
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 5%, 22,117 samples	135x
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 6%, 25,284 samples	94x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	54x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	32x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 32%, 29,968 samples	26x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	25x

Value: 43% - Average

Total price: $63

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16