Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 39% Jet ski	Workstation 2% 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 41.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.01% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (63%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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 i5-3230M-$100 61,311 User benchmarks, average bench 49% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	41.9% Average	Memory 52.1 1-Core 68.4 2-Core 112 46% 77.4 Pts	4-Core 185 8-Core 182 25% 184 Pts	64-Core 166 10% 166 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Sanyo(144D C0E7) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4276 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	3.01% Terrible	Lighting 3.8 Reflection 12.1 Parallax 2.7 3% 6.2 fps	MRender 3.2 Gravity 2.2 Splatting 4.6 3% 3.33 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.01% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 301GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2AR10002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 32 44 75 67 78 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	23.4% Poor	Read 22.5 Write 51.4 Mixed 13.5 SusWrite 58.9 27% 36.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.4 69% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 59%
Generic Mass-Storage 16GB 1,710 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 15GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.9 7.8 6.9 7 7 7.1 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	13.6% Very poor	Read 56.2 Write 10.5 Mixed 9.7 SusWrite 7.3 20% 20.9 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 60% 5.43 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 13.6% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5273CH0-CH9 Micron 16KTF1G64HZ-1G6E1 12GB 45 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	35.3% Below average	MC Read 12.8 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 11.7 36% 12.6 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 10.4 SC Mixed 11.4 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 153 26% 153 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 50%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 49%

Yacht

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i5-3230MIntel $100Bench 49%, 61,311 samples	42x
Core i7-3635QMIntelBench 62%, 2,986 samples	12x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	53x
Radeon HD 8800MAMDBench 5%, 48 samples	1x

RAM
16KTF1G64HZ-1G6E1 1x8GBMicronBench 27%, 14,954 samples	26x
Micron 16KTF1G64HZ-1G6E1 16GBKingstonBench 43%, 12 samples	4x
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 Micron 16KTF1G64HZ-1G6E1 16GBSamsungBench 51%, 275 samples	2x

Value: 55% - Above average

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