ZMAX MERCHANT 3500

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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	31.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	29.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	ZMAX MERCHANT 3500 (all builds)
Motherboard	PCWARE IPMH61R3
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130326
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '18 at 12:46
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3330 51,926 User benchmarks, average bench 61% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Memory 83.3 1-Core 88.1 2-Core 172 67% 115 Pts	4-Core 312 8-Core 332 43% 322 Pts	64-Core 331 20% 331 Pts
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Sapphire(174B E249) 3GB CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 18.3.4 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	31.7% Below average	Lighting 41.2 Reflection 28.3 Parallax 51.4 34% 40.3 fps	MRender 28.6 Gravity 37.3 Splatting 36.3 28% 34.1 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 120GB (2016)-$84 21,990 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1208 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 189 (A5) Unknown 100 100 3564932957698 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 72 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 31 (AE) Unknown 100 100 23 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 38 266287972394 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 106 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2199053140480 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3833 (EA) Unknown 100 100 7209 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5025 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2160 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	29.2% Poor	Read 225 Write 107 Mixed 102 32% 145 MB/s	4K Read 16.4 4K Write 31.8 4K Mixed 2.06 44% 16.7 MB/s	DQ Read 20.1 DQ Write 50.6 DQ Mixed 3.54 12% 24.7 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 71%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 245GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 1482880 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5332 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 1561691 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 27655 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1706 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295163907 (BD) vendor-specific 49 49 51 (BE) vendor-specific 72 39 6747864891420 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 275 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 34724 (C2) HDA temperature 28 61 -140737488355300 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -3886945379679 (F1) Unknown 100 253 313524483501 (F2) Unknown 100 253 194134273311	63.4% Good	Read 103 Write 118 Mixed 34 62% 85 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.19 65% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 114%
ST2000DM 001-1CH164 2TB 185 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 82GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	12.4% Very poor	Read 30 Write 25.5 Mixed 12.8 27% 22.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 0.75 4K Mixed 0.2 35% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.4% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. Kingston 99U5471-050.A00LF 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	58.4% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 19 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 17 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 74.7 54% 74.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 60%

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Workstation 5%

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System: ZMAX MERCHANT 3500

CPU
Core i5-2310Intel $90Bench 65%, 15,623 samples	7x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	2x
Core i3-3210Intel $70Bench 57%, 7,331 samples	1x

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	7x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	2x
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	1x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	2x
120GB 120GBKeepdataBench 60%, 26 samples	1x

RAM
99U5474-028.A00LF 99P5474-014.A00LF 8GBKingstonBench 41%, 23 samples	4x
DATEN 4GD16 04/14 2x4GBUnknownBench 46%, 3 samples	2x
99P5474-014.A00LF 99U5474-028.A00LF 8GBKingstonBench 42%, 18 samples	2x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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