Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 47.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.01% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	32.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB 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 (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A6-5400K APU-$120 7,836 User benchmarks, average bench 40% P0, 1 CPU, 1 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	47.9% Average	Memory 80.2 1-Core 64 2-Core 98.4 52% 80.9 Pts	4-Core 93.7 8-Core 98.3 13% 96 Pts	64-Core 85 5% 85 Pts
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 52%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 7540D 4,337 User benchmarks, average bench 3% AMD(1002 9991) 768MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	3.01% Terrible	Lighting 3.7 Reflection 4.27 Parallax 3.47 3% 3.81 fps	MRender 3.81 Gravity 2.93 Splatting 4.13 3% 3.62 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.01% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 81 84 82 92 83 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	32.4% Below average	Read 329 Write 87 Mixed 102 SusWrite 84.2 33% 150 MB/s	4K Read 16.6 4K Write 11.3 4K Mixed 8.5 42% 12.1 MB/s	DQ Read 46.2 DQ Write 27 DQ Mixed 34.9 26% 36 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 130GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 155 115 109 140 119 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Read 114 Write 116 Mixed 68.7 SusWrite 128 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5173EB0- Kingston 99U5403-003.A 6GB 1600, 1333 MHz 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	24.4% Poor	MC Read 10 MC Write 5 MC Mixed 7.6 22% 7.53 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 8.3 22% 7.77 GB/s	Latency 80.2 50% 80.2 ns

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
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 98,254 samples	2x
Radeon HD 7660DAMDBench 5%, 7,665 samples	2x
GeForce GTS 450NvidiaBench 7%, 25,436 samples	2x

SSD
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	2x
SSDSC2BB080G4 80GBIntelBench 76%, 6 samples	1x
840 120GBSamsung $109Bench 61%, 51,792 samples	1x

RAM
CMV4GX3M1A133 CMV4GX3M1A133 8GBCorsairBench 29%, 16 samples	2x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 27%, 3,795 samples	2x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBKingstonBench 40%, 4,425 samples	1x

Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $154

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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