Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Destroyer	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 71.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	9.53% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (40^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 880 808 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Socket 1156, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.05 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Memory 91.3 1-Core 84 2-Core 158 67% 111 Pts	4-Core 281 8-Core 416 43% 348 Pts	64-Core 416 26% 416 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 2760) 3GB CLim: 880 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.7.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	9.53% Terrible	Lighting 0.1 Reflection 28.5 Parallax 49.5 0% 26 fps	MRender 27.2 Gravity 38.5 Splatting 35.3 28% 33.7 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 9.53% Great: 32%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate ST31000524NS 1TB-$94 5,596 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 529GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B0E SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 19 18 27 68 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	30.2% Below average	Read 63.8 Write 67.9 Mixed 15.2 SusWrite 41.5 34% 47.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 75% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 30.2% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	44.7% Average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 14.1 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 10.5 SC Mixed 13.2 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 61%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

Value: 48% - Average

Total price: $306

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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