Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Tree trunk	Desktop 28% Raft	Workstation 0% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 32%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	0.99% 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	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3 M 350-$199 14,351 User benchmarks, average bench 38% N/A, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.25 GHz, turbo 1.95 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	32% Below average	Memory 42.9 1-Core 47.3 2-Core 57.6 32% 49.3 Pts	4-Core 125 8-Core 107 16% 116 Pts	64-Core 135 8% 135 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 44%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz) 99,513 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Sony(104D 9071) 1.8GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 8.15.10.2900 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	0.99% Terrible	Lighting 1.33 Reflection 0.88 Parallax 0.62 1% 0.95 fps	MRender 1 Gravity 0.5 Splatting 1.3 1% 0.93 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.99% Great: 1%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba HDWJ110 1TB 3,057 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 816GB free (System drive) Firmware: AX1P1A SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 81 70 54 57 70 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	24% Poor	Read 16.5 Write 88.2 Mixed 24.3 SusWrite 67 36% 49 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 92% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 24% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 2 slots used 4GB SODIMM DDR3 Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	22.2% Poor	MC Read 7.7 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 9.7 23% 8.03 GB/s	SC Read 5.6 SC Write 4.1 SC Mixed 6.1 15% 5.27 GB/s	Latency 189 21% 189 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 44%

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

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GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

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