Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 56.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	0.74% 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (58^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% AM3, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Memory 84.7 1-Core 46.6 2-Core 93.2 49% 74.8 Pts	4-Core 169 8-Core 174 23% 171 Pts	64-Core 182 11% 182 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 0463) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.74% Terrible	Lighting 0.93 Reflection 0.81 Parallax 1.31 1% 1.02 fps	MRender 0.95 Gravity 0.77 Splatting 0.87 1% 0.86 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.74% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST3250312AS 250GB-$32 19,180 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 216GB free (System drive) Firmware: JC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 85 95 92 93 100 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Read 101 Write 100 Mixed 56 SusWrite 90.6 64% 87.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 69%
Corsair Flash Voyager GT USB 3.0 16GB-$29 119 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 11GB free, PID 1a09 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 21 25 25 25 23 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	9.39% Terrible	Read 24.5 Write 24.6 Mixed 20.2 SusWrite 22 31% 22.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.2 23% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 9.39% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	33.6% Below average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 7.5 MC Mixed 12.6 33% 11.5 GB/s	SC Read 7 SC Write 6.5 SC Mixed 8.9 21% 7.47 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 45%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 18%

Surfboard

Desktop 60%

Destroyer

Workstation 14%

Tree trunk

CPU
Phenom II X4 955AMD $83Bench 51%, 41,403 samples	14x
Phenom II X4 965AMD $144Bench 53%, 43,442 samples	13x
Phenom II X6 1055TAMD $175Bench 54%, 23,835 samples	7x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	5x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	3x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	3x

Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $170

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