Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	50.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Memory 93.9 1-Core 113 2-Core 219 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 565 56% 459 Pts	64-Core 561 35% 561 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Asus(1043 0468) ≥ 4GB CLim: 947 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.6.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	Lighting 62.8 Reflection 56.4 Parallax 82.5 51% 67.2 fps	MRender 56.3 Gravity 51 Splatting 72.7 50% 60 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 55 56 56 48 60 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 64% Great: 104%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 81GB free Firmware: JP4OA3EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 109 113 110 110 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 116 Write 104 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 110 71% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 74%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 243GB free Firmware: CC1H SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 69 68 70 70 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	41.7% Average	Read 75.5 Write 74 Mixed 50.7 SusWrite 69.5 50% 67.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 70%
Seagate ST310005 28AS 1TB 6,973 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 64GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 115 116 117 115 117 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	66.7% Good	Read 118 Write 104 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 115 73% 99.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 4x4GB 233 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	MC Read 35.5 MC Write 38.4 MC Mixed 33 102% 35.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 13.9 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 92%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 67%, 1,867 samples	35x
F3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 57%, 2,734 samples	28x
F3 DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 65%, 473 samples	15x

Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $577

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