Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 61.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	3.94% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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% CPU Socket - U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Memory 82.7 1-Core 98.9 2-Core 159 68% 113 Pts	4-Core 236 8-Core 238 32% 236 Pts	64-Core 238 15% 238 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 61.5% 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% Legend(17AA 2203) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 8.15.10.2696 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	3.94% Terrible	Lighting 4.23 Reflection 5.58 Parallax 3.16 4% 4.32 fps	MRender 5.71 Gravity 2.57 Splatting 8.61 5% 5.63 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.94% Great: 4%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Hitachi HTS725050A7E630 500GB-$125 56,661 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: GH2Z Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 233 233 73014444033 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3635 (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 82 82 8112 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3566 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4294901919 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 74 74 268926 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 219044184091 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 14 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	58.2% Above average	Read 100 Write 103 Mixed 99.5 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.2 71% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B1G73BH0-CK0 2x8GB 1,654 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 18.4 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 17.7 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 75.8 53% 75.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 57%

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

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SSD

HDD

RAM

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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