Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 70.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.88% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4160-$79 48,506 User benchmarks, average bench 55% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Memory 93.1 1-Core 105 2-Core 180 75% 126 Pts	4-Core 281 8-Core 278 38% 280 Pts	64-Core 280 17% 280 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 67%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Asus(1043 83C2) 1GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1026 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	3.88% Terrible	Lighting 0.03 Reflection 12.9 Parallax 9.28 0% 7.41 fps	MRender 15.1 Gravity 11.4 Splatting 14.8 11% 13.8 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 3.88% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier Pro SP920 128GB-$35 3,548 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 98GB free Firmware: 1.14 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 163 164 163 163 160 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	65.1% Good	Read 429 Write 161 Mixed 176 SusWrite 162 51% 232 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 71 4K Mixed 23.3 99% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 167 DQ Mixed 56.4 77% 141 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 85%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 37 54 62 60 60 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	41% Average	Read 89 Write 90.8 Mixed 61.6 SusWrite 53.4 54% 73.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 131% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 54%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 483GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 141 140 139 146 138 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Read 147 Write 145 Mixed 92.3 SusWrite 141 97% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-518.A00LF 1x8GB 661 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	33.5% Below average	MC Read 11.2 MC Write 11.2 MC Mixed 8.9 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 12.2 SC Mixed 9.6 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 34%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 65%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 55%

Yacht

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	9x
840 Evo 500GBSamsung $150Bench 103%, 68,337 samples	8x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	7x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	6x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 6,625 samples	5x
RipjawsX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 68%, 1,661 samples	5x

Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $786

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