Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 0% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 53.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	1.52% 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	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8 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 (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-2310M-$80 25,542 User benchmarks, average bench 46% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 2.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Memory 83.5 1-Core 51.2 2-Core 109 52% 81.4 Pts	4-Core 142 8-Core 142 19% 142 Pts	64-Core 141 9% 141 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 54%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz) 209,058 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Device(1297 2020) 1.8GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4229 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	1.52% Terrible	Lighting 1.8 Reflection 1.7 Parallax 0.7 2% 1.4 fps	MRender 2.1 Gravity 1.4 Splatting 2.3 2% 1.93 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.52% Great: 2%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba MQ01ABD032 320GB-$50 10,446 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 240GB free (System drive) Firmware: AX001A SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 66 54 65 38 68 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	36.6% Below average	Read 68.5 Write 65 Mixed 27.3 SusWrite 58.8 40% 54.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 120% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown NN3M004G15H 1x4GB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB SODIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	29.3% Poor	MC Read 9.6 MC Write 9.4 MC Mixed 8.6 26% 9.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 9.6 27% 9.47 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 29%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 43%

Speed boat

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

CPU
Pentium B950IntelBench 43%, 7,305 samples	1x

GPU
HD Graphics (G2 Pentium/Celeron 1.1/1.15 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 45,735 samples	1x

SSD
SSD Plus 240GBSanDisk $28Bench 61%, 133,640 samples	1x

RAM
99U5428-040.A01LF 1x4GBKingstonBench 24%, 421 samples	1x

Value: 20% - Very poor

Total price: $28

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	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