Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 67.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	4.81% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon W3530-$290 5,773 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1366-pin LGA, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Memory 91.4 1-Core 72.7 2-Core 139 63% 101 Pts	4-Core 234 8-Core 331 36% 283 Pts	64-Core 355 22% 355 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5570 12,172 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Sapphire(174B E142) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	4.81% Terrible	Lighting 6.17 Reflection 6.85 Parallax 5.09 5% 6.04 fps	MRender 5.81 Gravity 4.4 Splatting 5.78 4% 5.33 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.81% Great: 5%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 340GB free (System drive) Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 98 99 107 102 94 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 102 Write 93.4 Mixed 60.8 SusWrite 100 65% 88.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 116% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 6 slots used 8GB DIMM 15h Reserved 1066 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	35.6% Below average	MC Read 12.2 MC Write 11.7 MC Mixed 10.6 33% 11.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 10.7 SC Mixed 10.4 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 65.1 61% 65.1 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 45%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 17%

Surfboard

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 14%

Tree trunk

CPU
Xeon W3530Intel $290Bench 65%, 5,773 samples	1x

GPU
HD 6970AMDBench 20%, 9,594 samples	1x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1x

RAM
6x4GBUnknownBench 47%, 28,320 samples	1x

Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $419

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