Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 0% 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 51.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	0.92% 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	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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
Intel Core i3 540-$60 24,563 User benchmarks, average bench 46% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.05 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	Memory 70.5 1-Core 76.6 2-Core 123 55% 90.1 Pts	4-Core 191 8-Core 188 25% 189 Pts	64-Core 190 12% 190 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 52%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics (Clarkdale 0.733/0.9 GHz) 20,588 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Intel(8086 0042) 1.2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 8.15.10.2900 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.92% Terrible	Lighting 0.97 Reflection 1.31 Parallax 0.91 1% 1.06 fps	MRender 1.52 Gravity 0.73 Splatting 1.87 1% 1.38 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.92% Great: 1%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD WD5000AZLX-00K4KA0 500GB 44,506 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 427GB free (System drive) Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 122 125 141 128 140 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Read 156 Write 127 Mixed 68.8 SusWrite 129 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1 202% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4GB 42,830 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 0, 0 MHz 2048, 2048 MB Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	29.4% Poor	MC Read 9.3 MC Write 8.5 MC Mixed 12.8 29% 10.2 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 7.5 21% 7.27 GB/s	Latency 100 40% 100 ns
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 46%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 13%

Tree trunk

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 11%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7 860Intel $339Bench 64%, 51,451 samples	1x

GPU
RX 550AMD $79Bench 14%, 79,894 samples	1x

SSD
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	1x

RAM
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	1x

Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $470

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