Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 59.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	2.66% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Memory	40GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 40GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	Memory 75.1 1-Core 62.8 2-Core 103 51% 80.4 Pts	4-Core 239 8-Core 425 40% 332 Pts	64-Core 440 27% 440 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8600 GTS 2,598 User benchmarks, average bench 2% MSI(1462 0891) 256MB Ram: 256MB, Driver: 341.74 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	2.66% Terrible	Lighting 2.97 Reflection 5.77 Parallax 1.06 2% 3.27 fps	MRender 5.48 Gravity 2.1 Splatting 4 3% 3.86 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.66% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 0.8 13 14 15 17 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 41% Great: 85%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 271GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 85 83 85 85 85 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	42.8% Average	Read 64 Write 59.6 Mixed 53.5 SusWrite 84.5 48% 65.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 62%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 321GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 71 70 70 71 71 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	45.7% Average	Read 88.8 Write 77.6 Mixed 46.3 SusWrite 70.2 52% 70.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 139% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 58%
Seagate ST2000VM003-1CT164 2TB 16,094 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 674GB free Firmware: SC23 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 134 127 134 133 136 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Read 126 Write 115 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 133 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMX8GX3M1A1600C11 CL9-9-9 D3-1333 CMX8GX3M1A1600C11 CL9-9-9 D3-1333 Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4GX Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4GX 40GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	74.5% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 33.1 MC Mixed 27.4 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 8.8 26% 9.03 GB/s	Latency 90.3 44% 90.3 ns

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 53%

Yacht

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	33x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	32x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 8x4GBKingstonBench 86%, 505 samples	19x

Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $896

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