Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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. 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 69.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	3.15% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	128% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4170-$59 48,178 User benchmarks, average bench 57% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 0.8 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Memory 91.9 1-Core 108 2-Core 171 74% 124 Pts	4-Core 276 8-Core 289 38% 282 Pts	64-Core 286 18% 286 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz) 64,721 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.5117 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	3.15% Terrible	Lighting 3.4 Reflection 2.6 Parallax 4.7 3% 3.57 fps	MRender 6.7 Gravity 2.5 Splatting 5.1 4% 4.77 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.15% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 97,624 User benchmarks, average bench 204% 237GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2110 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 450 427 382 286 274 267 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 460 Mixed 457 SusWrite 348 99% 439 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 99.9 4K Mixed 50.4 176% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 730 DQ Write 720 DQ Mixed 782 572% 744 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 237%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$75 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 440GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 137 137 138 139 137 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Read 83.8 Write 73.8 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 138 59% 80.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 1.9 359% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 Kingston HX316C10F/4 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 Kingston HX316C10F/4 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	59.6% Above average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 18.9 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 19.6 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 60%

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 7%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	199x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	192x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	159x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	69x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	68x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	64x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	107x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	63x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 27,462 samples	43x

Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $277

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