MEI G218

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	41.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MEI G218 (all builds)
Motherboard	ASRock Z77 Extreme4
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130220
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '18 at 03:00
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	53%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Memory 82 1-Core 85.9 2-Core 139 62% 102 Pts	4-Core 298 8-Core 506 49% 402 Pts	64-Core 513 32% 513 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Zotac(19DA 1280) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 398.98 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 23% Great: 29%
Intel HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)-$15 52,547 User benchmarks, average bench 3% ASRock(1849 0162) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4358 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT07B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 29 28 29 28 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	41.5% Average	Read 306 Write 63.7 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 29.2 26% 118 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 40 4K Mixed 16.3 75% 26 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 52.9 DQ Mixed 42.8 50% 88.8 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 197 195 197 194 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 157 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 195 115% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata AD63I1C08ZZE1 4x4GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	42.7% Average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 12.7 MC Mixed 13.9 40% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 13.6 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 76.9 52% 76.9 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 49%

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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 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 19%

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System: MEI G218

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	1x

GPU
GTX 660-TiNvidia $362Bench 26%, 42,960 samples	1x

SSD
MX300 1TBCrucial $100Bench 91%, 21,936 samples	1x

RAM
AD63I1C08ZZE1 4x4GBAdataBench 47%, 9 samples	1x

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Value: 38% - Below average

Total price: $637

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16