Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	20.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (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	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 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.

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 870-$100 37,228 User benchmarks, average bench 66% LGA1156, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.95 GHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	71.4% Very good	Memory 96 1-Core 89.2 2-Core 166 71% 117 Pts	4-Core 255 8-Core 406 41% 331 Pts	64-Core 405 25% 405 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% MSI(1462 2730) 2GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 21.5.2 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	20.8% Poor	Lighting 26.4 Reflection 32.8 Parallax 32 22% 30.4 fps	MRender 26.3 Gravity 22.8 Splatting 22.2 19% 23.8 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
VB0250EAVER 250GB 1,795 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: HPG0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 63 59 52 52 25 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	25.1% Poor	Read 37.6 Write 33.5 Mixed 29.3 SusWrite 49.5 28% 37.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 153% 1 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 25.1% Great: 60%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 454GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 101 101 106 105 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Read 113 Write 112 Mixed 54 SusWrite 103 70% 95.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 0, 0, 0, 0 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	46.5% Average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 15.2 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 10.3 SC Mixed 13 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 53.9 74% 53.9 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 54%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 70%

Battleship

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $159

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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