Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.85% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	75.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Memory 90.1 1-Core 97.6 2-Core 196 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 483 50% 401 Pts	64-Core 488 30% 488 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 630 60,212 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Gigabyte(1458 3544) 2GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.85% Terrible	Lighting 4.77 Reflection 5.65 Parallax 3.84 4% 4.75 fps	MRender 6 Gravity 4.83 Splatting 3.52 4% 4.79 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.85% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 240GB-$65 502 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 182GB free (System drive) Firmware: 332ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 211 211 212 206 205 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Read 393 Write 236 Mixed 276 SusWrite 207 62% 278 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 67.5 4K Mixed 31.8 112% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 248 192% 264 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2TB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 135 140 136 139 141 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Read 133 Write 129 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 138 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 117 120 119 120 120 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 70.5 Mixed 78 SusWrite 118 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-442.A 2x4GB 63 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	49.1% Average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 17.1 MC Mixed 15.6 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 11.1 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 51%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 67%, 1,867 samples	35x
F3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 57%, 2,734 samples	28x
F3 DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 65%, 473 samples	15x

Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $577

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