Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. 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 71%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.47% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	124% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4170-$59 48,178 User benchmarks, average bench 57% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	71% Very good	Memory 92.3 1-Core 111 2-Core 214 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 290 8-Core 290 39% 290 Pts	64-Core 292 18% 292 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz) 64,721 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Biostar(1565 1110) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4578 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	3.47% Terrible	Lighting 3.53 Reflection 5.19 Parallax 4.28 3% 4.34 fps	MRender 6.38 Gravity 2.37 Splatting 7.52 5% 5.42 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.47% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 175GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 269 283 293 293 295 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 490 Mixed 390 SusWrite 303 95% 421 MB/s	4K Read 48.2 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 64.9 223% 79.7 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 355 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 124%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 471GB free Firmware: MK7OA840 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 89 88 90 91 91 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	53% Above average	Read 94.5 Write 100 Mixed 52 SusWrite 89.8 62% 84.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 82%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 471GB free Firmware: MK7OA840 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 111 109 111 111 111 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Read 140 Write 146 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 110 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1333 C9 2x4GB 3,471 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 16.2 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 17.5 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 54%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 58%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 48%

Yacht

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	20x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	8x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	7x

RAM
KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/8G 16GBKingstonBench 51%, 16 samples	9x
KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/4G 16GBKingstonBench 50%, 19 samples	8x
M378B5273DH0-CH9 4x4GBSamsungBench 49%, 2,942 samples	3x

Value: 104% - Outstanding

Total price: $305

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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