Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	1.29% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (58^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% CPU, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.95 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Memory 85.6 1-Core 86.8 2-Core 164 67% 112 Pts	4-Core 295 8-Core 342 42% 318 Pts	64-Core 343 21% 343 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 4550 3,005 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Dell(1028 0002) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.29% Terrible	Lighting 1.3 Reflection 2.9 Parallax 2 1% 2.07 fps	MRender 1.8 Gravity 0.7 Splatting 3.4 2% 1.97 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.29% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: 02.03E02 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 70.4 Write 77 Mixed 55.3 50% 67.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 169% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% Great: 60%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 146GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 116 115 115 116 118 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Read 73.7 Write 74.2 Mixed 55.4 SusWrite 115 58% 79.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M378B5673FH0-CH9 80CE000080CE M378B5673FH0-CH9 0198 9905584-037.A00LF 0198 9905584-037.A00LF 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	37.8% Below average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 11.6 MC Mixed 10.9 35% 12.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 11.8 SC Mixed 11.8 35% 12.1 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 38%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

GPU
Radeon HD 4550ATIBench 1%, 3,005 samples	72x
HD Graphics (Clarkdale 0.733/0.9 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 20,588 samples	71x
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	69x

RAM
M378B5273CH0-CH9 2x4GBUnknownBench 37%, 202 samples	16x
M378B5673FH0-CH9 4x2GBUnknownBench 36%, 633 samples	15x
KP223C-ELD 4x2GBUnknownBench 35%, 110 samples	15x

Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $128

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