Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 72.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.32% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

PC Performing as expected (44^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% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Memory 83.8 1-Core 103 2-Core 189 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 330 8-Core 500 52% 415 Pts	64-Core 504 31% 504 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 240 58,337 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 04C5) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.251.9001.1001 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	5.32% Terrible	Lighting 6.4 Reflection 9.1 Parallax 8.8 5% 8.1 fps	MRender 7.6 Gravity 6.8 Splatting 6.1 6% 6.83 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.32% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$39 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 733GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 84 85 104 69 71 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	Read 101 Write 67.1 Mixed 32.1 SusWrite 81.4 51% 70.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.3 58% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 109%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 142GB free Firmware: GM4OA5BA SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 61 52 51 61 52 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	35.1% Below average	Read 67.7 Write 48.8 Mixed 12.2 SusWrite 54.5 33% 45.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 101% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5673FH0-CH9 Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB M378B5673FH0-CH9 Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 12GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1333, 1600, 1333, 1600 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	50% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 15.4 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 17.6 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 53%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 66%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

GPU
GeForce GT 640NvidiaBench 6%, 34,519 samples	163x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	155x
GeForce GT 620NvidiaBench 2%, 17,163 samples	112x

SSD
PM830 mSATA 256GBSamsungBench 63%, 9,379 samples	58x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	57x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	56x

RAM
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 58%, 7,298 samples	156x
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 53%, 17,809 samples	80x
NT4GC64B8HG0NF-DI 4x4GBNanyaBench 58%, 1,608 samples	77x

Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $297

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16