Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 62.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	7.04% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (48^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 860-$339 51,451 User benchmarks, average bench 64% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.15 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Memory 93.8 1-Core 64 2-Core 123 60% 93.5 Pts	4-Core 173 8-Core 235 26% 204 Pts	64-Core 241 15% 241 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI HD 4870 22,563 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Sapphire(174B E104) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	7.04% Terrible	Lighting 9.03 Reflection 7.77 Parallax 6.53 7% 7.78 fps	MRender 6.38 Gravity 6.2 Splatting 10 6% 7.53 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.04% Great: 12%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 904GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 70 80 81 82 82 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	49.5% Average	Read 94.3 Write 82 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 77.9 59% 79.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 158% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 0x393930353430332D3031312E4130334C4620 2x2GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	42.8% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 13.3 41% 14.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 10.9 SC Mixed 11.5 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 60.4 66% 60.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 44%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 61%

Destroyer

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	1,322x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples	1,138x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	1,037x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	820x
Virtual NVMe Disk 64GBVmwareBench 62%, 2,103 samples	455x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	424x

Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $325

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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