Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 71.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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.

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Memory 85.7 1-Core 95.8 2-Core 192 72% 124 Pts	4-Core 309 8-Core 456 48% 382 Pts	64-Core 442 27% 442 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 80%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba Q300 240GB-$85 5,005 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 457 Write 434 Mixed 381 95% 424 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 32 4K Mixed 22.7 75% 24.7 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 188 183% 289 MB/s
Poor: 48% Great: 93%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 225GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 149 148 149 150 149 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Read 164 Write 155 Mixed 32.7 SusWrite 148 90% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.5 126% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G Corsair CMX4GX3M2A1600C8 Corsair CMX4GX3M2A1600C8 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	28.5% Poor	MC Read 9.5 MC Write 8.6 MC Mixed 8.5 25% 8.87 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 8.5 26% 8.97 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 63%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 58%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 47%

Yacht

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	53x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	38x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	27x

Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $512

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