Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 63.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	60.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-7100-$70 79,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Memory 86.4 1-Core 101 2-Core 88.3 62% 92 Pts	4-Core 231 8-Core 274 33% 252 Pts	64-Core 269 17% 269 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.7% Good	Lighting 79.3 Reflection 80.5 Parallax 71.8 65% 77.2 fps	MRender 56.3 Gravity 72.5 Splatting 64.7 53% 64.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST500VM000-1SD101 500GB 1,233 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: SC11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 70 104 110 116 113 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	Read 102 Write 101 Mixed 55.3 SusWrite 98 65% 89.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 113% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 100%
ELECOM ESD-ED 496GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 75GB free, PID 6a09 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 133 86 172 178 293 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	83.2% Excellent	Read 294 Write 50 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 154 132% 125 MB/s	4K Read 4.3 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 2.7 176% 3 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Kingston 12GB 63 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 16.2 54% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 11.4 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 71 56% 71 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 66%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 25%

Raft

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	641x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	413x
Pentium G4560Intel $31Bench 57%, 70,054 samples	214x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	50x
HyperX 2400 C15 1x8GBKingstonBench 40%, 46,352 samples	42x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 75%, 46,470 samples	41x

Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $201

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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