Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 57.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	0.79% 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	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.

PC Performing above expectations (67^th 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 way above expectations (91^st percentile)	57.8% Above average	Memory 84.4 1-Core 47.2 2-Core 94.3 50% 75.3 Pts	4-Core 183 8-Core 188 25% 186 Pts	64-Core 192 12% 192 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8500 GT 4,580 User benchmarks, average bench 1% XFX(1682 2317) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 341.74 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	0.79% Terrible	Lighting 0.9 Reflection 2 Parallax 0.22 1% 1.04 fps	MRender 2.81 Gravity 0.63 Splatting 0.26 1% 1.23 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.79% Great: 1%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 421GB free (System drive) Firmware: 17.01H17 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 91 81 74 40 43 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	44.7% Average	Read 88.7 Write 79.6 Mixed 22.3 SusWrite 67 47% 64.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.8 122% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot PSD34G16002 1x4GB 362 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	33.8% Below average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 7.4 MC Mixed 13 33% 11.6 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 8.3 21% 7.2 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 34%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

GPU
GeForce GT 220NvidiaBench 2%, 19,671 samples	2x
GeForce 8400 GSNvidiaBench 1%, 18,254 samples	2x
HD 7870AMD $203Bench 26%, 42,130 samples	2x

RAM
F3-1600C10-8GAO000 F3-1600C10-8GAO000 16GBUnknownBench 40%, 31 samples	2x
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 3x4GBMicronBench 42%, 301 samples	1x
99U5471-020.A00LF 2x4GBKingstonBench 48%, 6,486 samples	1x

Value: 41% - Average

Total price: $157

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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