ZMAX MERCHANT 3500

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.38% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	35.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	ZMAX MERCHANT 3500 (all builds)
Motherboard	PCWARE IPMH61R3
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '21 at 00:53
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 107 2-Core 211 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 518 58% 456 Pts	64-Core 516 32% 516 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)-$15 52,547 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Elitegroup(1019 7B97) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.5161 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	3.38% Terrible	Lighting 4.1 Reflection 2 Parallax 2.8 3% 2.97 fps	MRender 5.2 Gravity 2.4 Splatting 4.9 4% 4.17 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.38% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: S3Z40107 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 194 143 87 39 53 MB/s Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	35.3% Below average	Read 200 Write 179 Mixed 177 SusWrite 106 37% 166 MB/s	4K Read 15.1 4K Write 39.3 4K Mixed 14 62% 22.8 MB/s	DQ Read 22.7 DQ Write 78.2 DQ Mixed 1.1 15% 34 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$25 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 14GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 70 71 72 72 77 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	43.9% Average	Read 80.7 Write 75.3 Mixed 48.7 SusWrite 72.1 51% 69.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DATEN 4GD16 04/14 2x4GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	53.3% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 16 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 16.1 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 53%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical MERCHANT 3500 Builds (Compare 10 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 58%

Gunboat

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

System: ZMAX MERCHANT 3500

CPU
Core i5-2310Intel $90Bench 65%, 15,623 samples	7x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	2x
Core i3-3210Intel $70Bench 57%, 7,331 samples	1x

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	7x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	2x
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	1x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	2x
120GB 120GBKeepdataBench 60%, 26 samples	1x

RAM
99U5474-028.A00LF 99P5474-014.A00LF 8GBKingstonBench 41%, 23 samples	4x
DATEN 4GD16 04/14 2x4GBUnknownBench 46%, 3 samples	2x
99P5474-014.A00LF 99U5474-028.A00LF 8GBKingstonBench 42%, 18 samples	2x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $118

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16