Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 36% Jet ski	Workstation 0% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 43.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	0.63% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	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.

Very high background CPU (69%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5 M 520-$70 23,644 User benchmarks, average bench 40% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	43.8% Average	Memory 59.2 1-Core 47.9 2-Core 91.3 41% 66.1 Pts	4-Core 165 8-Core 165 22% 165 Pts	64-Core 140 9% 140 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 47%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz) 99,513 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Legend(17AA 215A) 3.8GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 8.15.10.2900 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	0.63% Terrible	Lighting 0.67 Reflection 0.92 Parallax 0.66 0% 0.75 fps	MRender 1.05 Gravity 0.5 Splatting 1.3 1% 0.95 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.63% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB-$14 6,096 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 44 28 47 56 60 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	33% Below average	Read 66.9 Write 62.2 Mixed 19.5 SusWrite 48.4 36% 49.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.2 34% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 54%
Kingston DT microDuo 16GB 1,088 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 8GB free, PID 16a1 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.7 5.1 5.6 5 4.3 4.9 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	8.99% Terrible	Read 24.4 Write 4 Mixed 10 SusWrite 5.4 12% 11 MB/s	4K Read 6.4 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1 88% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 8.99% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 2x4GB 13,765 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 800 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	23.5% Poor	MC Read 7.7 MC Write 7 MC Mixed 9.9 23% 8.2 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 4.8 SC Mixed 6.2 16% 5.63 GB/s	Latency 130 31% 130 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 23.5% Great: 58%

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

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SSD

HDD

RAM

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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