Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 67.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	2.17% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	50.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4170-$59 48,178 User benchmarks, average bench 57% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	67.1% Good	Memory 91.5 1-Core 105 2-Core 187 76% 128 Pts	4-Core 246 8-Core 266 34% 256 Pts	64-Core 264 16% 264 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT 8,099 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Gigabyte(1458 3452) 256MB Ram: 256MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	2.17% Terrible	Lighting 2.2 Reflection 5.23 Parallax 0.94 2% 2.79 fps	MRender 5.1 Gravity 1.9 Splatting 3.74 3% 3.58 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 2.17% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 71 73 87 79 72 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	50.9% Above average	Read 177 Write 205 Mixed 225 SusWrite 76.1 38% 171 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 98.5 4K Mixed 16.5 114% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 92.4 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 155 114% 146 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 84%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$91 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 907GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 146 147 148 147 148 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Read 153 Write 149 Mixed 103 SusWrite 147 102% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 206% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 90GB free Firmware: 3.AAK SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 46 48 54 54 49 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	32.5% Below average	Read 63.5 Write 43 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 49.5 36% 49.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 123% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GB 26,466 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	50.3% Above average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 16.9 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 15 SC Mixed 11.4 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 60%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	86x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	34x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	32x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	24x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	17x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 32%, 29,968 samples	10x

Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $237

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