Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	4.35% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	61.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770S-$95 10,699 User benchmarks, average bench 69% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 116 2-Core 233 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 566 65% 507 Pts	64-Core 564 35% 564 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9600 GSO 1,167 User benchmarks, average bench 5% XFX(1682 2387) 1.5GB Ram: 1.5GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	4.35% Terrible	Lighting 5.73 Reflection 5.85 Parallax 2.16 5% 4.58 fps	MRender 4.81 Gravity 4.93 Splatting 4.13 4% 4.62 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.35% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteon IT LCS-128L9S 128GB 749 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: HC71203 SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 234 237 234 237 228 MB/s Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	61.4% Good	Read 255 Write 232 Mixed 203 SusWrite 233 52% 231 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 40.9 4K Mixed 26 94% 30.9 MB/s	DQ Read 193 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 133 113% 165 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 95%
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50 72,924 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 246GB free Firmware: 1AJ100E4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 133 133 133 135 134 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	76% Very good	Read 131 Write 141 Mixed 73.8 SusWrite 134 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 203% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 77%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 197 202 202 199 203 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 205 Write 146 Mixed 79.4 SusWrite 201 115% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR3 1600 C11 1x8GB 868 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	34.3% Below average	MC Read 11.5 MC Write 9.9 MC Mixed 9.7 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 12 34% 12.1 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 34%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	58x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	55x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	54x

Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $391

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