Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 48%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	6.9% 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	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing as expected (59^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 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 (63^rd percentile)	48% Average	Memory 64 1-Core 73.1 2-Core 133 53% 90.1 Pts	4-Core 187 8-Core 186 25% 187 Pts	64-Core 190 12% 190 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 52%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTS 250 14,881 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Asus(1043 8345) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 341.74 Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	6.9% Terrible	Lighting 9.6 Reflection 11.7 Parallax 3.6 8% 8.3 fps	MRender 8.3 Gravity 7.6 Splatting 3.9 5% 6.6 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.9% Great: 8%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 147 169 161 107 139 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Read 150 Write 172 Mixed 60.4 SusWrite 140 95% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 171% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4GB 42,830 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048 MB Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	29.5% Poor	MC Read 9.7 MC Write 8.4 MC Mixed 13 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 7.5 21% 7.4 GB/s	Latency 117 34% 117 ns
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 46%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $187

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