Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.06% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	60.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1241 v3-$209 3,580 User benchmarks, average bench 75% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 89.3 1-Core 111 2-Core 216 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 534 55% 445 Pts	64-Core 567 35% 567 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 230 1,567 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Device(1B0A 9044) 1.5GB Ram: 1.5GB, Driver: 341.74 Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	4.06% Terrible	Lighting 5.5 Reflection 2.4 Parallax 2 4% 3.3 fps	MRender 4.9 Gravity 4.6 Splatting 2.9 3% 4.13 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.06% Great: 4%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM830 2.5 256GB 136 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 192GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03D1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 267 226 267 326 301 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 316 Write 334 Mixed 211 SusWrite 283 64% 286 MB/s	4K Read 11.4 4K Write 51.4 4K Mixed 21.9 72% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 96.5 DQ Mixed 147 119% 173 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 81%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston K66GKY-ETF 1x8GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	32.3% Below average	MC Read 11.1 MC Write 10.8 MC Mixed 9 29% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 11.2 SC Mixed 9.3 28% 9.87 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 34%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 65%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	247x
Quadro K620Nvidia $170Bench 11%, 16,214 samples	166x
Quadro K600NvidiaBench 3%, 8,087 samples	159x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	70x
LCS-256L9S-11 2.5 7mm 256GBLiteonitBench 83%, 4,915 samples	56x
MX500 500GBCrucial $48Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	54x

RAM
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 56%, 6,584 samples	78x
HMT451U6AFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 56%, 3,905 samples	48x
HMT41GU6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 53%, 7,869 samples	41x

Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $178

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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