Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Destroyer	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 73.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.85% 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 way above expectations (89^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 870-$100 37,228 User benchmarks, average bench 66% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.95 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Memory 91.6 1-Core 89.1 2-Core 171 70% 117 Pts	4-Core 308 8-Core 389 45% 348 Pts	64-Core 382 24% 382 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTS 240 1,075 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Nvidia(10DE 0736) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	6.85% Terrible	Lighting 9.17 Reflection 9.62 Parallax 3.38 8% 7.39 fps	MRender 8.1 Gravity 6.93 Splatting 6.09 6% 7.04 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.85% Great: 7%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung HD642JJ 640GB-$70 13,060 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 566GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1AA01117 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 101 98 104 108 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	60.8% Good	Read 110 Write 108 Mixed 62.1 SusWrite 101 70% 95.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5673FH0-CF8 M378B5673FH0-CF8 Corsair CMX8GX3M1A1333C9 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 2048, 2048, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	22% Poor	MC Read 7.1 MC Write 6 MC Mixed 5.2 17% 6.1 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 7.5 SC Mixed 7.2 22% 7.57 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 23%

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: 61% - Good

Total price: $492

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