Performance Results


Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 24% Surfboard	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 50.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	1.1% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	44.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	2GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows however a minimum of 4GB is recommended for gaming or any other RAM intensive tasks such as photo/video editing. This system will also be a little more responsive with 4GB of RAM.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3 530-$45 16,724 User benchmarks, average bench 46% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.95 GHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	50.3% Above average	Memory 69 1-Core 70.8 2-Core 122 53% 87.2 Pts	4-Core 184 8-Core 182 25% 183 Pts	64-Core 185 11% 185 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 51%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 4300 14,988 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Sapphire(174B 1341) 1GB Driver: atiumd64.dll Ver. 8.632.1.2000 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.1% Terrible	Lighting 1.4 Reflection 2.9 Parallax 1.5 1% 1.93 fps	MRender 1.4 Gravity 0.7 Splatting 1.5 1% 1.2 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.1% Great: 1%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Gigabyte SSD 240GB-$30 20,238 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 143 58 201 219 166 MB/s Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	44.1% Average	Read 197 Write 64.1 Mixed 141 SusWrite 164 32% 141 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 35 4K Mixed 20.7 80% 26.3 MB/s	DQ Read 25.1 DQ Write 53.5 DQ Mixed 30.4 26% 36.3 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x2GB 99,586 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 1 of 2 slots used 2GB DIMM SDRAM Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	24.9% Poor	MC Read 8 MC Write 8.3 MC Mixed 8.4 24% 8.23 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 7.8 21% 7.33 GB/s	Latency 104 39% 104 ns
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 24.9% Great: 26%

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	35x
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	11x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	11x

Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $88

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16