Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	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 brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	4.14% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	36.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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 Xeon E3-1225 v3-$170 4,850 User benchmarks, average bench 69% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 99.8 2-Core 200 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 401 54% 402 Pts	64-Core 400 25% 400 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics P4600 2,141 User benchmarks, average bench 3% ASRock(1849 041A) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4264 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	4.14% Terrible	Lighting 4.03 Reflection 7.08 Parallax 7.19 3% 6.1 fps	MRender 10.3 Gravity 2.47 Splatting 8.26 6% 7.02 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.14% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 320 Series 160GB-$149 13,029 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4PC10302 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 75 55 61 41 40 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	36.4% Below average	Read 168 Write 160 Mixed 144 SusWrite 63.7 30% 134 MB/s	4K Read 15.9 4K Write 39.6 4K Mixed 18.8 69% 24.8 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 65.2 DQ Mixed 18.4 36% 73.9 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 51%
Maxtor STM3320620AS 320GB 1,997 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 260GB free Firmware: 3.AAE SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 76 76 73 77 77 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	44% Average	Read 77.3 Write 53.2 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 75.7 46% 63.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 44%
WD My Passport Essential 640GB 97 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 83GB free, PID 070a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 37 38 37 37 37 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	12.7% Very poor	Read 6 Write 8.5 Mixed 6.3 SusWrite 37.2 22% 14.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.4 56% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 12.7% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 9,994 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	54% Above average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 17.2 52% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 17.3 48% 17 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 62%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 26%

Raft

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	109x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	77x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	65x

RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 49%, 28,220 samples	35x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	28x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	27x

Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $674

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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