Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 41% Speed boat	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 46.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	0.67% 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	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 (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X2 550 3,836 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	46.4% Average	Memory 84 1-Core 33.1 2-Core 56.7 42% 57.9 Pts	4-Core 55.4 8-Core 55.7 7% 55.6 Pts	64-Core 55.6 3% 55.6 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 51%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 4250 5,806 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.7000 Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	0.67% Terrible	Lighting 0.77 Reflection 1.54 Parallax 0.41 1% 0.9 fps	MRender 1.05 Gravity 0.13 Splatting 1.43 1% 0.87 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.67% Great: 1%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$22 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 363GB free (System drive) Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 93 101 102 102 103 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 102 Write 104 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 98.2 64% 88.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 134% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% null MHz 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	22.1% Poor	MC Read 8 MC Write 5.3 MC Mixed 7 19% 6.77 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 4.1 SC Mixed 6.2 16% 5.73 GB/s	Latency 73.5 54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 51%

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

CPU
Phenom II X6 1055TAMD $175Bench 54%, 23,835 samples	19x
Phenom II X4 955AMD $83Bench 51%, 41,403 samples	13x
Phenom II X4 965AMD $144Bench 53%, 43,442 samples	13x

GPU
Radeon HD 4250ATIBench 1%, 5,806 samples	15x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	10x
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	7x

Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $203

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