Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 55.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	6.06% 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 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3317U-$225 26,848 User benchmarks, average bench 47% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 1.7 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	55.5% Above average	Memory 83.1 1-Core 57.7 2-Core 98.5 52% 79.8 Pts	4-Core 164 8-Core 163 22% 164 Pts	64-Core 166 10% 166 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 740M 15,605 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Asus(1043 1587) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.3165 Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	6.06% Terrible	Lighting 6.83 Reflection 6.42 Parallax 6.97 6% 6.74 fps	MRender 8.05 Gravity 7.23 Splatting 9.87 7% 8.38 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.06% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: GG2OA6C0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 12884901888 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 10843 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 5955 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 937 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 42 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 58 58 429166 (C2) HDA temperature 150 150 193274249256 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	38.9% Below average	Read 62.6 Write 73.2 Mixed 62 50% 65.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.11 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.07 34% 0.45 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 58%
Garmin nuvi Flash 2GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 0% 0GB free, PID 233b Operating at USB 1.1 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	0.53% Terrible	Read 0.66 Write 0.64 Mixed 0.65 1% 0.65 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 0.05 4K Mixed 0.04 5% 0.24 MB/s
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.53% Great: 0%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5273CH0-CK0 1x4GB 5,120 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	32.1% Below average	MC Read 11.2 MC Write 10.3 MC Mixed 9.7 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 10.3 SC Mixed 9.6 28% 9.87 GB/s	Latency 74.9 53% 74.9 ns
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 34%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 52%

Yacht

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	329x
GeForce GT 740MNvidiaBench 6%, 15,605 samples	138x
HD Graphics (G3 Pentium/Celeron 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 28,701 samples	10x

RAM
EBJ40UG8BBU0-GN-F 2x4GBElpidaBench 48%, 3,420 samples	73x
EBJ40UG8BBU0-GN-F Hynix HMT325S6CFR8C-PB 6GBElpidaBench 41%, 736 samples	43x
M471B5273CH0-CK0 2x4GBSamsungBench 48%, 5,165 samples	29x

Value: 22% - Poor

Total price: $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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