Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 42% Speed boat	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 46.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	4% 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 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 above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A8-4500M APU 9,726 User benchmarks, average bench 39% Socket FS1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 1.9 GHz, turbo 2.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	46.6% Average	Memory 73 1-Core 43.1 2-Core 74.5 43% 63.5 Pts	4-Core 120 8-Core 120 16% 120 Pts	64-Core 122 8% 122 Pts
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 48%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 7640G 7,719 User benchmarks, average bench 3% HP(103C 1992) 768MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 14.502.1019.0 Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	4% Terrible	Lighting 4.6 Reflection 6.81 Parallax 3.94 4% 5.12 fps	MRender 4.76 Gravity 3.4 Splatting 7.43 4% 5.2 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4% Great: 5%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba MQ01ABF050R 500GB 147 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 437GB free (System drive) Firmware: AM001A SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 105 98 96 107 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	Read 106 Write 108 Mixed 34.5 SusWrite 102 64% 87.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 121% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5173EB0-YK0 M471B5173QH0-YK0 8GB 1,314 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.5% Poor	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 6 MC Mixed 10.4 29% 10.2 GB/s	SC Read 7.4 SC Write 5 SC Mixed 8.9 20% 7.1 GB/s	Latency 94.7 42% 94.7 ns
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 56%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 42%

Speed boat

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

SSD
X110 128GBSanDisk $89Bench 71%, 11,245 samples	4x
SD7SB6S-256G-1006 256GBSandiskBench 77%, 2,611 samples	3x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	3x

RAM
M471B5173QH0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 25%, 38,580 samples	5x
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 28%, 44,908 samples	4x
M471B5173EB0-YK0 2x4GBSamsungBench 46%, 19,666 samples	4x

Value: 31% - Below average

Total price: $169

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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