Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 1% 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 51.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	0.91% 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	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). 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 i3 550-$110 19,058 User benchmarks, average bench 47% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	Memory 69.1 1-Core 78.6 2-Core 148 58% 98.5 Pts	4-Core 198 8-Core 198 26% 198 Pts	64-Core 197 12% 197 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics (Clarkdale 0.733/0.9 GHz) 20,588 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Biostar(1565 110C) 2.8GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 8.15.10.2900 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.91% Terrible	Lighting 0.97 Reflection 1.27 Parallax 0.91 1% 1.05 fps	MRender 1.52 Gravity 0.73 Splatting 1.83 1% 1.36 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.91% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 966GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 85 89 93 97 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	52.8% Above average	Read 92.2 Write 99.8 Mixed 26.5 SusWrite 90.1 56% 77.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.5 4K Mixed 1.9 359% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 110%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 521GB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 86 90 94 97 95 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Read 119 Write 106 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 90 61% 84.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 160% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6GB 111,301 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 0, 0 MHz 4096, 2048 MB Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	27.3% Poor	MC Read 9.3 MC Write 8.2 MC Mixed 10.4 27% 9.3 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 6.5 SC Mixed 7.8 21% 7.3 GB/s	Latency 104 39% 104 ns
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 27.3% Great: 46%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 45%

Yacht

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD Graphics (Clarkdale 0.733/0.9 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 20,588 samples	19x
GeForce GTS 450NvidiaBench 7%, 25,436 samples	5x
GTX 650Nvidia $112Bench 8%, 69,673 samples	4x

SSD
120GB 120GBMidasforceBench 63%, 636 samples	5x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	4x
SSD 128GBBench 64%, 3,975 samples	4x

Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $60

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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