Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 38% Jet ski	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 38.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	2.17% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A4-3420 APU 1,139 User benchmarks, average bench 36% P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	38.9% Below average	Memory 64.6 1-Core 43.1 2-Core 81.5 41% 63.1 Pts	4-Core 78.7 8-Core 82 11% 80.3 Pts	64-Core 81.4 5% 81.4 Pts
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 45%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 240 58,337 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 04C5) 2GB CLim: 780 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.2.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	2.17% Terrible	Lighting 0.07 Reflection 8.88 Parallax 9 0% 5.98 fps	MRender 7.71 Gravity 6.6 Splatting 8.39 6% 7.57 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 2.17% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HDS721010DLE630 1TB-$150 19,279 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 727GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS2O SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 121 121 141 128 133 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Read 165 Write 136 Mixed 36.9 SusWrite 128 84% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 111% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 99%
General USB Flash Disk 8GB 3,976 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 3GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.7 5.4 6 5.4 5.4 6 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	4.74% Terrible	Read 17.1 Write 2.5 Mixed 5.5 SusWrite 5.5 8% 7.65 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 17% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.74% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16JTF51264AZ-1G6M1 Samsung M378B1G73QH0-CK0 12GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.6% Poor	MC Read 10.5 MC Write 9.7 MC Mixed 9.9 29% 10 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 8.3 20% 7.13 GB/s	Latency 115 35% 115 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 59%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16