QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 52.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Boot Drive	24.7% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996) (all builds)
Motherboard
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140401
Uptime	13.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '20 at 08:16
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Westmere E56xx/L56xx/X56xx (Nehalem-C) 111 User benchmarks, average bench 49% CPU 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	52.4% Above average	Memory 46.4 1-Core 80.2 2-Core 157 51% 94.5 Pts	4-Core 314 8-Core 520 51% 417 Pts	64-Core 516 32% 516 Pts
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 78%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Red Hat VirtIO 429GB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 82 81 83 77 74 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	24.7% Poor	Read 300 Write 139 Mixed 208 SusWrite 83.2 40% 183 MB/s	4K Read 9.1 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 6.5 25% 7 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 24.7% Great: 85%
Red Hat VirtIO 4.5TB 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.7 10 14 12 9.2 2.7 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	1.12% Terrible	Read 9.5 Write 18.5 Mixed 12.7 SusWrite 9.6 3% 12.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.1 0% 0.17 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
QEMU 1x8GB 5,342 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 1 of 1 slots used 8GB DIMM RAM Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.4% Above average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 24.8 64% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 3.9 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 5.3 17% 6 GB/s	Latency 175 23% 175 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 145%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 124%

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Desktop 103%

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Workstation 127%

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System: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)

CPU
Gen Intel Core i7-12700K12thBench 99%, 67 samples	5x
Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 24-CoreAMDBench 85%, 74 samples	4x
Ryzen 7 3700X 8-CoreAMDBench 76%, 455 samples	4x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	8x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	7x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	5x

SSD
Force NVMe PCIe M.2 960GBCorsairBench 230%, 32,020 samples	4x
SM841 mSATA 256GBSamsungBench 79%, 1,284 samples	3x
HARDDISK 86GBQemuBench 42%, 75 samples	3x

RAM
1x16GBQEMUBench 91%, 3,887 samples	22x
2x16GBQEMUBench 108%, 1,370 samples	12x
1x8GBQEMUBench 78%, 5,342 samples	11x

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Value: 60% - Good

Total price: $485

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16