Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.57% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	49.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 as expected (53^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 870-$100 37,228 User benchmarks, average bench 66% CPU, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.95 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Memory 94.2 1-Core 89.9 2-Core 174 72% 119 Pts	4-Core 308 8-Core 390 45% 349 Pts	64-Core 392 24% 392 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 240 58,337 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 8094) 2GB CLim: 600 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.4.1 Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	3.57% Terrible	Lighting 4.67 Reflection 3.85 Parallax 6.62 4% 5.05 fps	MRender 3.52 Gravity 5.03 Splatting 3.09 3% 3.88 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.57% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Burst 240GB 26,886 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 168GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 162 72 117 45 55 MB/s Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	49.1% Average	Read 238 Write 187 Mixed 203 SusWrite 101 41% 182 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 51.8 4K Mixed 20.5 81% 30.2 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 151 125% 179 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M378B5773CH0-CK0 80CE000080CE M378B5773CH0-CK0 80CE000080CE M378B5773CH0-CK0 80CE000080CE M378B5773DH0-CK0 8GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	41.9% Average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 12.9 MC Mixed 11.8 39% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 12.8 SC Mixed 12.8 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 59.2 68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 42%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

GPU
Radeon HD 4550ATIBench 1%, 3,005 samples	72x
HD Graphics (Clarkdale 0.733/0.9 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 20,588 samples	71x
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	69x

RAM
M378B5273CH0-CH9 2x4GBUnknownBench 37%, 202 samples	16x
M378B5673FH0-CH9 4x2GBUnknownBench 36%, 633 samples	15x
KP223C-ELD 4x2GBUnknownBench 35%, 110 samples	15x

Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $128

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16