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Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 1%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 45%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 1%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 49.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics1.34% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot DriveThe 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.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
System
MotherboardIntel DH55TC
Memory8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20100614
Uptime71 Days
Run DateFeb 27 '18 at 20:06
Run Duration871 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU9%

 PC Performing as expected (48th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i3 540-$60
XU1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.05 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
49.3% Average
Memory 66.5
1-Core 73.8
2-Core 128
53% 89.4 Pts
4-Core 187
8-Core 192
25% 190 Pts
64-Core 190
12% 190 Pts
Poor: 33%
This bench: 49.3%
Great: 52%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT
EVGA(3842 C753) 256MB
Ram: 256MB, Driver: 342.1
Performing below expectations (25th percentile)
1.34% Terrible
Lighting 2.1
Reflection 2.04
Parallax 0.78
2% 1.64 fps
MRender 0.19
Gravity 1.53
Splatting 0.57
1% 0.76 fps
Poor: 1%
This bench: 1.34%
Great: 2%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33
142GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
49.4% Average
Read 85.3
Write 86.7
Mixed 30.7
50% 67.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.37
4K Write 1.76
4K Mixed 0.38
90% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 49.4%
Great: 62%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown M378B5273CH0-CH9 M378B5273CH0-CH9 HMT351U6EFR8C-PB M378B5273CH0-CH9 16GB
1333, 1333, 1600, 1333 MHz
4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
29.2% Poor
MC Read 9.4
MC Write 8.3
MC Mixed 12.9
29% 10.2 GB/s
SC Read 7.8
SC Write 6.5
SC Mixed 7.7
21% 7.33 GB/s
Latency 110
36% 110 ns

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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