Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 63.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	8.13% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-950-$100 36,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% LGA1366, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.05 GHz, turbo 2.35 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Memory 90.3 1-Core 42.6 2-Core 104 52% 79 Pts	4-Core 198 8-Core 397 35% 298 Pts	64-Core 314 19% 314 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 25,436 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Asus(1043 8365) 1GB CLim: 783 MHz, MLim: 902 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	8.13% Terrible	Lighting 9.43 Reflection 11.1 Parallax 8.03 8% 9.51 fps	MRender 12.8 Gravity 9.8 Splatting 10.6 9% 11.1 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.13% Great: 8%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 92 83 96 97 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	55.1% Above average	Read 101 Write 94.5 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 91.2 64% 87.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6x2GB 38,297 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 6 of 6 slots used 12GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	56.8% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 22.2 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 10.5 SC Mixed 11.4 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 59%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 70%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $258

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