Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 72%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.23% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	94.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3630QM-$420 65,927 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	72% Very good	Memory 91.6 1-Core 93.3 2-Core 159 70% 115 Pts	4-Core 284 8-Core 457 46% 370 Pts	64-Core 451 28% 451 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 720M 4,823 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Legend(17AA 3910) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 23.21.13.9135 Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	4.23% Terrible	Lighting 5.1 Reflection 5.5 Parallax 5.2 4% 5.27 fps	MRender 5 Gravity 5.9 Splatting 5.2 4% 5.37 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.23% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 111GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 377 376 380 382 382 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Read 437 Write 451 Mixed 413 SusWrite 386 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 47 4K Mixed 37.8 118% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 365 275% 367 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 129%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 101GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 85 97 108 102 110 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	40.3% Average	Read 37.8 Write 3.3 Mixed 49.7 SusWrite 102 36% 48.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 156% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance SODIM DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 634 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	55.9% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 17.2 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 16.5 SC Mixed 16.7 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 57%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 49%

Yacht

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i5-3230MIntel $100Bench 49%, 61,311 samples	60x
Core i3-3110MIntel $70Bench 48%, 34,445 samples	58x
Pentium 2020MIntelBench 47%, 9,778 samples	53x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	161x
HD Graphics (G3 Pentium/Celeron 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 28,701 samples	78x
GeForce GT 720MNvidiaBench 4%, 4,823 samples	29x

RAM
RMT3170EB68F9W1600 1x4GBRamaxelBench 27%, 4,598 samples	24x
M471B5173QH0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 25%, 38,580 samples	19x
RMT3170EB68F9W1600 2x4GBRamaxelBench 50%, 5,069 samples	17x

Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $128

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