Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 56.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	0.6% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	66.3% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (45^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 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Memory 83.7 1-Core 49.9 2-Core 100 51% 77.9 Pts	4-Core 169 8-Core 188 24% 179 Pts	64-Core 186 12% 186 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 3200 5,730 User benchmarks, average bench 1% ASRock(1849 9610) 256MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	0.6% Terrible	Lighting 0.67 Reflection 1.69 Parallax 0.38 0% 0.91 fps	MRender 0.95 Gravity 0.13 Splatting 1.3 1% 0.8 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.6% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 438GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 215 208 220 207 220 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	66.3% Good	Read 247 Write 227 Mixed 224 SusWrite 211 51% 227 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 44.5 4K Mixed 36.4 120% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 135 102% 136 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 134%
WD WD5000AZLX-00K4KA0 500GB 44,506 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 69GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 182 178 181 183 181 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 105 Write 93.4 Mixed 52.8 SusWrite 179 78% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 206% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 104%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 32GB-$8 9,864 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 25GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 17 15 15 15 15 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	9.64% Terrible	Read 24.3 Write 11.1 Mixed 18.9 SusWrite 15.5 22% 17.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 1 68% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 9.64% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR2 Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	26.6% Poor	MC Read 9.8 MC Write 7.3 MC Mixed 8.8 25% 8.63 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 5.7 SC Mixed 7.5 19% 6.53 GB/s	Latency 74 54% 74 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 26.6% Great: 45%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 12%

Tree trunk

Desktop 57%

Gunboat

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

CPU
Phenom II X4 955AMD $83Bench 51%, 41,403 samples	1x
Phenom II X4 925AMD $150Bench 51%, 5,211 samples	1x

GPU
HD 6870AMDBench 15%, 25,443 samples	1x
Radeon HD 2600-PROATIBench 1%, 190 samples	1x

SSD
128GB 128GBXraydiskBench 63%, 994 samples	1x
860 QVO 1TBSamsung $109Bench 89%, 201,200 samples	1x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	1x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	1x

Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $83

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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16