Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 50%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	6.3% 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	32.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3 540-$60 24,563 User benchmarks, average bench 46% LGA1156, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.05 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	50% Above average	Memory 67.3 1-Core 77.3 2-Core 125 54% 89.8 Pts	4-Core 191 8-Core 191 26% 191 Pts	64-Core 189 12% 189 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 52%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9800 GT 19,550 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8319) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	6.3% Terrible	Lighting 8.47 Reflection 8.31 Parallax 2.84 7% 6.54 fps	MRender 7.29 Gravity 6.47 Splatting 5.43 5% 6.4 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.3% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ TL100 240GB-$56 10,555 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFZ10.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 78 58 53 66 43 MB/s Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	32.1% Below average	Read 178 Write 147 Mixed 145 SusWrite 56.9 29% 132 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 28.6 4K Mixed 17.1 66% 21.5 MB/s	DQ Read 21.6 DQ Write 43.3 DQ Mixed 22.5 20% 29.1 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 487GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 107 110 111 110 110 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Read 160 Write 125 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 109 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 114%
Seagate ST2000DM001-1ER164 1.5TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 378GB free Firmware: CC1H SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 82 61 54 66 43 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 102 Write 89.8 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 58.9 56% 76.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 48% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	29.4% Poor	MC Read 9.5 MC Write 8.3 MC Mixed 12.7 29% 10.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 8.5 22% 7.87 GB/s	Latency 108 37% 108 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 51%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 45%

Yacht

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD Graphics (Clarkdale 0.733/0.9 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 20,588 samples	43x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	23x
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	21x

SSD
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	17x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	17x
WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GBWDCBench 93%, 97,462 samples	12x

Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $89

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16