Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	3.96% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	42.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-1650 0-$230 10,189 User benchmarks, average bench 73% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	69.7% Good	Memory 82.3 1-Core 86.9 2-Core 152 64% 107 Pts	4-Core 308 8-Core 528 51% 418 Pts	64-Core 703 44% 703 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9800 GT 19,550 User benchmarks, average bench 5% EVGA(3842 C988) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.01 Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	3.96% Terrible	Lighting 5.3 Reflection 4.5 Parallax 2.6 4% 4.13 fps	MRender 4.9 Gravity 5.3 Splatting 2.4 3% 4.2 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 3.96% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: BBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 103 101 97 97 89 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	42.8% Average	Read 188 Write 147 Mixed 162 SusWrite 94.2 33% 148 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 36.2 4K Mixed 20.3 80% 26.4 MB/s	DQ Read 88.5 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 103 83% 114 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 73%
WD Blue 250GB (2010)-$37 50,270 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 233GB free Firmware: 1H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 85 90 96 97 94 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 125 Write 77.3 Mixed 65.7 SusWrite 91.7 66% 89.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung-00CE M393B5773CH0-YH9 4x2GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	76.3% Very good	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 30.3 MC Mixed 26.6 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 12.2 SC Mixed 11.2 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 76.3 52% 76.3 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 80%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 13%

Tree trunk

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 12%

Tree trunk

RAM
M393B5273DH0-CK0 4x4GBSamsung-00CEBench 85%, 1,049 samples	147x
HMT351R7CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynix-00ADBench 83%, 808 samples	130x
M393B1K70DH0-CK0 4x8GBSamsung-00CEBench 79%, 545 samples	73x

Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $373

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