Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 56.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.4% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	65.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3520M 19,660 User benchmarks, average bench 53% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	Memory 75.4 1-Core 81.7 2-Core 148 60% 102 Pts	4-Core 224 8-Core 223 30% 223 Pts	64-Core 224 14% 224 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz) 409,110 User benchmarks, average bench 3% HP(103C 179B) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.5069 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	3.4% Terrible	Lighting 4.3 Reflection 1.9 Parallax 3 4% 3.07 fps	MRender 3.8 Gravity 2.5 Splatting 5 3% 3.77 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.4% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7LN256HCHP-000H1 256GB 2,903 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02H0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 107 84 75 72 63 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Read 462 Write 134 Mixed 213 SusWrite 88.6 49% 225 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 46.3 4K Mixed 27.4 95% 32.3 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 223 179% 256 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 102%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 521GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 88 87 86 88 86 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	48% Average	Read 80.1 Write 55.5 Mixed 50.2 SusWrite 87 50% 68.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5273DH0-CH9 M471B1G73EB0-YK0 12GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.5% Poor	MC Read 10.2 MC Write 9.4 MC Mixed 8.9 27% 9.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 10.4 SC Mixed 10.3 28% 9.97 GB/s	Latency 89.6 45% 89.6 ns
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 47%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

Yacht

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	1,221x
Radeon HD 7500MAMDBench 4%, 12,745 samples	173x
HD 3000 (Mobile V2 1.3 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 110,588 samples	9x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	46x
520 Series 180GBIntel $132Bench 72%, 14,258 samples	30x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	26x

RAM
HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 28%, 12,200 samples	36x
HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 13,765 samples	32x
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 25,458 samples	28x

Value: 49% - Average

Total price: $227

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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