Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 36% Jet ski	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 37.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	3.52% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (58%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A8-3820 APU 1,243 User benchmarks, average bench 44% P0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	Memory 59.6 1-Core 37.1 2-Core 71.6 36% 56.1 Pts	4-Core 87.5 8-Core 114 13% 101 Pts	64-Core 129 8% 129 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 51%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6550D 4,197 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Acer(1025 061D) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.0 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	3.52% Terrible	Lighting 4.5 Reflection 5 Parallax 4.59 4% 4.7 fps	MRender 3.48 Gravity 3.93 Splatting 4.3 3% 3.9 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.52% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 899GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 154 148 178 165 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 174 Mixed 77.6 SusWrite 150 107% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 112%
Sony Storage Media 16GB 832 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 11GB free, PID 02a5 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.5 8 9 8 8.5 9.2 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	5.19% Terrible	Read 17.8 Write 4.3 Mixed 7.7 SusWrite 8.2 11% 9.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 13% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.19% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston ACR256X64D3U13C9G ACR256X64D3U13C9G ACR256X64D3U13C9G 9905595-011.A00LF 8GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	28.6% Poor	MC Read 10.8 MC Write 10.6 MC Mixed 10.1 30% 10.5 GB/s	SC Read 5.1 SC Write 5.1 SC Mixed 6.5 16% 5.57 GB/s	Latency 129 31% 129 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 36%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 43%

Speed boat

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

GPU
Radeon HD 6550DAMDBench 4%, 4,197 samples	5x
Radeon HD 6410DAMDBench 2%, 3,128 samples	3x
GeForce GT 520NvidiaBench 2%, 16,336 samples	1x

SSD
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	4x
CS900 120GBPNY $25Bench 69%, 42,924 samples	1x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	1x

RAM
ACR512X64D3U13C9G 2x4GBKingstonBench 47%, 1,166 samples	3x
ACR256X64D3U13C9G 4x2GBKingstonBench 44%, 134 samples	1x
HU564404EP0200 3x4GBUnifosaBench 34%, 17 samples	1x

Value: 12% - Very poor

Total price: $28

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16