Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 53.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	4.36% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
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 way above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A8-5500 APU-$135 10,478 User benchmarks, average bench 48% P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	53.5% Above average	Memory 77 1-Core 61.7 2-Core 108 52% 82.2 Pts	4-Core 176 8-Core 178 24% 177 Pts	64-Core 180 11% 180 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 56%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 7560D 10,029 User benchmarks, average bench 4% HP(103C 2AE0) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.2201.0 Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	4.36% Terrible	Lighting 5.2 Reflection 7.62 Parallax 4.62 4% 5.81 fps	MRender 4.52 Gravity 4 Splatting 7.52 5% 5.35 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.36% Great: 4%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 243GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 173 1941 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1100 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 28168 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1077 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 54 51 774504494 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 354 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 745 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	103% Outstanding	Read 214 Write 146 Mixed 151 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 2.63 4K Mixed 0.28 120% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT325U6CFR8C-H9 Micron 16JTF1G64AZ-1G6E1 HMT325U6CFR8C-H9 12GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 1333, 1600, 1333 MHz 2048, 8192, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	21.1% Poor	MC Read 8.2 MC Write 4.4 MC Mixed 6.5 18% 6.37 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 5.2 SC Mixed 7.2 20% 6.9 GB/s	Latency 86.4 46% 86.4 ns
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 21.1% Great: 21%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

SSD
HG5d Q Series 128GBToshibaBench 80%, 2,624 samples	2x
Solid State Disk 128GBSpccBench 69%, 14,793 samples	2x
CS1311 480GBPNY $31Bench 86%, 13,149 samples	1x

RAM
16JTF1G64AZ-1G6E1 1x8GBMicronBench 29%, 6,196 samples	7x
M378B1G73BH0-CK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 28%, 1,614 samples	7x
CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 16GBCorsairBench 47%, 141 samples	2x

Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $135

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16