Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	13.2% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 860-$339 51,451 User benchmarks, average bench 64% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Memory 93.4 1-Core 86 2-Core 158 69% 113 Pts	4-Core 263 8-Core 358 39% 310 Pts	64-Core 325 20% 325 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460-$203 31,648 User benchmarks, average bench 12% EVGA(3842 1370) 1GB CLim: 720 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	13.2% Very poor	Lighting 15.2 Reflection 17.8 Parallax 15.6 12% 16.2 fps	MRender 21.4 Gravity 15.5 Splatting 18 15% 18.3 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 14%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 746GB free (System drive) Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 224 222 8775 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3077 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9256 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3071 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 154 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3077 (C2) HDA temperature 112 105 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	55.8% Above average	Read 90.9 Write 103 Mixed 90.4 71% 94.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.48 121% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. Samsung M378B5673EH1-CF8 Samsung M378B5673EH1-CF8 12GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 4096, 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	35.2% Below average	MC Read 12 MC Write 11.6 MC Mixed 10 32% 11.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 9.7 SC Mixed 10.6 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 37%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

RAM
NT2GC64B8HC0NF-CG 4x2GBNanyaBench 41%, 938 samples	42x
M378B5673FH0-CH9 4x2GBSamsungBench 42%, 2,488 samples	31x
EBJ21UE8BDF0-DJ-F 4x2GBElpidaBench 40%, 1,380 samples	21x

Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $507

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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