Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 66%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	0.58% 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	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 way above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4160-$79 48,506 User benchmarks, average bench 55% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	66% Good	Memory 82.6 1-Core 103 2-Core 136 66% 107 Pts	4-Core 288 8-Core 285 38% 286 Pts	64-Core 284 18% 284 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 67%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8400 GS 18,254 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Gainward(10B0 1401) 256MB Ram: 256MB, Driver: 342.01 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	0.58% Terrible	Lighting 0.4 Reflection 0.3 Parallax 0.7 0% 0.47 fps	MRender 1.2 Gravity 0.3 Splatting 2.1 1% 1.2 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.58% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$23 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 429GB free (System drive) Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 115 91 73 69 65 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Read 126 Write 124 Mixed 69.9 SusWrite 80.7 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 69%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$23 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 466GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 120 120 118 120 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	67.4% Good	Read 116 Write 115 Mixed 75.7 SusWrite 119 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-060.A00LF 2x4GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.7% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 19.9 61% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 21 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 75.9 53% 75.9 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 60%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	229x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples	199x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	121x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	68x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	38x
MX500 500GBCrucial $53Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	34x

RAM
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	39x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	36x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	30x

Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $315

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16