Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 49.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.63% 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	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB 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 above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3 540-$60 24,563 User benchmarks, average bench 46% LGA1156, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.05 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	49.4% Average	Memory 66.5 1-Core 75.5 2-Core 140 55% 93.9 Pts	4-Core 188 8-Core 190 25% 189 Pts	64-Core 188 12% 188 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 52%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 4670 21,442 User benchmarks, average bench 4% PwrHis(1787 2268) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.63% Terrible	Lighting 4.4 Reflection 6.6 Parallax 2.9 4% 4.63 fps	MRender 4.1 Gravity 3.2 Splatting 5.8 4% 4.37 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.63% Great: 5%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 364GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 66 77 45 43 65 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Read 125 Write 113 Mixed 71 SusWrite 56.4 67% 91.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6GB 111,301 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	29% Poor	MC Read 9.7 MC Write 8.3 MC Mixed 12.3 29% 10.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 6.3 SC Mixed 7.4 21% 7.33 GB/s	Latency 110 36% 110 ns
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 46%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 45%

Yacht

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD Graphics (Clarkdale 0.733/0.9 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 20,588 samples	43x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	23x
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	21x

SSD
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	17x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	17x
WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GBWDCBench 93%, 97,462 samples	12x

Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $89

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