Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 52.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	7.08% 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	10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB 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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3 530-$45 16,724 User benchmarks, average bench 46% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.95 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Memory 73.4 1-Core 73.1 2-Core 141 57% 95.9 Pts	4-Core 184 8-Core 188 25% 186 Pts	64-Core 187 12% 187 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 51%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 4870-X2 (Crossfire Disabled) 438 User benchmarks, average bench 7% AMD(1002 2542) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	7.08% Terrible	Lighting 8.93 Reflection 7.85 Parallax 6.53 7% 7.77 fps	MRender 6.48 Gravity 6.9 Splatting 10.2 7% 7.86 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.08% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD800JD-75MSA3 80GB-$105 18,464 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10.01E03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 24 22 16 35 48 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	22.5% Poor	Read 49.4 Write 53.8 Mixed 39.8 SusWrite 28.5 32% 42.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 171% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 22.5% Great: 33%
Kingston DataTraveler G3 8GB 188 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 3GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.5 3.2 2.6 2.7 3.2 2.4 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	4.62% Terrible	Read 20 Write 1.2 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 2.6 6% 7 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 18% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.62% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Toshiba ACR256X64D3U1333C9 None JM1333KLN-4G ACR256X64D3U1333C9 Hynix HMT125U6TFR8C-H9 10GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	29.5% Poor	MC Read 9.6 MC Write 8.5 MC Mixed 12.1 29% 10.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 7.7 22% 7.57 GB/s	Latency 93.7 43% 93.7 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 29%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 46%

Yacht

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

GPU
GeForce 315NvidiaBench 2%, 2,008 samples	8x
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	7x
HD Graphics (Clarkdale 0.733/0.9 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 20,588 samples	6x

SSD
CT1000BX500SSD1 1TBBench 70%, 46,239 samples	3x
S3 1T00 1TBSandiskBench 95%, 12,396 samples	2x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	2x

RAM
GU512303EP0202 2x2GBHitachiBench 30%, 135 samples	7x
JM1333KLU-2G 2x2GBTranscendBench 39%, 308 samples	4x
ACR256X64D3U1333C9 2x2GBToshibaBench 29%, 236 samples	4x

Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $45

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