Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 55.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	28.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	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.

Very high background CPU (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-7100-$70 79,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Memory 78.3 1-Core 87.6 2-Core 148 63% 105 Pts	4-Core 181 8-Core 260 28% 221 Pts	64-Core 275 17% 275 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 8C97) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	28.9% Poor	Lighting 35.8 Reflection 25.7 Parallax 32.2 29% 31.2 fps	MRender 38.8 Gravity 33.3 Splatting 32.5 28% 34.9 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 719GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 99 102 124 136 139 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	Read 89.7 Write 56 Mixed 25 SusWrite 111 51% 70.5 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.2 32% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 109%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 8GB-$7 16,591 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 2GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4 4 4.1 4.5 4.8 4.9 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	8.73% Terrible	Read 41.7 Write 18 Mixed 11 SusWrite 4.4 20% 18.8 MB/s	4K Read 7.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.2 34% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.73% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI24D4U7S8MB-8 1x8GB 668 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	40.1% Average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 10.2 39% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 10.7 SC Mixed 13.1 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 83.7 48% 83.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 45%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 54%

Yacht

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 43%

Speed boat

SSD
TS128GSSD420K 128GBTranscendBench 77%, 490 samples	105x
TS256GSSD230S 256GBTranscendBench 89%, 3,887 samples	43x
SSD370 128GBTranscend $74Bench 71%, 4,687 samples	11x

RAM
MSI24D4U7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 71%, 1,134 samples	77x
MSI24D4U7S8MB-8 1x8GBKingstonBench 38%, 668 samples	69x
MSI24D4U7S8MH-8 1x8GBKingstonBench 39%, 475 samples	50x

Value: 119% - Outstanding

Total price: $226

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16