Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Destroyer	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 73.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.24% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	73.6% Very good	Memory 85 1-Core 96.5 2-Core 191 72% 124 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 468 51% 404 Pts	64-Core 483 30% 483 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS-512 1,256 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Nvidia(10DE 0502) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 341.74 Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	7.24% Terrible	Lighting 10.1 Reflection 8.92 Parallax 3.53 8% 7.52 fps	MRender 6.9 Gravity 7.17 Splatting 5.7 5% 6.59 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.24% Great: 8%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$16 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 416GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0003BSM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 44 43 60 65 55 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	17.9% Very poor	Read 11.7 Write 38.5 Mixed 16 SusWrite 50.7 21% 29.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.2 46% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya M2F4G64CB8HG5 Kingston 99U5471-036.A 12GB 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	37.3% Below average	MC Read 13.3 MC Write 12.3 MC Mixed 11.5 35% 12.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 12.4 SC Mixed 9.4 32% 11 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 35%

Jet ski

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

RAM
M393B5170GB0- 2x4GBSamsungBench 52%, 1,540 samples	127x
M393B1K70DH0- 2x8GBSamsungBench 54%, 1,683 samples	62x
HMT151R7BFR4C 4x4GBHynixBench 67%, 393 samples	58x

Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $158

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