Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 55.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.33% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	59.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 below expectations (28^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A8-6600K APU-$88 21,890 User benchmarks, average bench 50% P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	55.8% Above average	Memory 77.6 1-Core 49.4 2-Core 139 53% 88.6 Pts	4-Core 208 8-Core 153 26% 180 Pts	64-Core 206 13% 206 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 8570D 8,328 User benchmarks, average bench 4% MSI(1462 7721) 768MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	3.33% Terrible	Lighting 3.8 Reflection 5.9 Parallax 5 3% 4.9 fps	MRender 2.6 Gravity 4.4 Splatting 6.1 4% 4.37 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.33% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A 500GB 24,830 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 288GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 215 219 220 219 223 223 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	59.4% Above average	Read 221 Write 203 Mixed 172 SusWrite 220 46% 204 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 54.2 4K Mixed 28.3 100% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 128 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 160 115% 146 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 119%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 174GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 164 167 168 168 168 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Read 149 Write 120 Mixed 74 SusWrite 166 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 112%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 125GB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 81GB free, PID 0743 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 19 19 19 20 19 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	14% Very poor	Read 23.2 Write 18.7 Mixed 19 SusWrite 19.4 27% 20.1 MB/s	4K Read 3.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 2.2 149% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-036.A00LF 1x8GB 1,273 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	22.3% Poor	MC Read 10.1 MC Write 4.3 MC Mixed 7 20% 7.13 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 3.4 SC Mixed 6.8 16% 5.63 GB/s	Latency 85.1 47% 85.1 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 34%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 47%

Yacht

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

GPU
Radeon HD 7480DAMDBench 2%, 8,289 samples	13x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	8x
Radeon RX 560-BAMDBench 20%, 49,289 samples	6x

RAM
99U5471-054.A00LF F3-1600C11-4GNT 12GBKingstonBench 31%, 11 samples	4x
99U5471-054.A00LF 1x8GBKingstonBench 30%, 12,132 samples	3x
F3-14900CL9-4GBXL F3-14900CL9-4GBXL 8GBUnknownBench 38%, 245 samples	3x

Value: 49% - Average

Total price: $324

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16