Intel S3420GP

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 47.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
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 (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Intel S3420GP (all builds)
Memory	1.9 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20110902
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '19 at 13:43
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing below expectations (35^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 550-$110 19,058 User benchmarks, average bench 47% CPU1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	47.6% Average	Memory 60.9 1-Core 31.8 2-Core 91.2 38% 61.3 Pts	4-Core 202 8-Core 192 27% 197 Pts	64-Core 200 12% 200 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 490GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 443GB free (System drive) Firmware: JP2OA50E SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 10 9.9 11 12 13 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	42.2% Average	Read 136 Write 12.4 Mixed 18.1 SusWrite 11.2 32% 44.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.6 107% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 46%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 914GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 93 102 101 102 102 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	68% Good	Read 137 Write 131 Mixed 72.3 SusWrite 99.6 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 109%
Hitachi HDS721025CLA382 234GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 121GB free Firmware: JP1OA39C SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 93 102 101 102 102 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	61.4% Good	Read 115 Write 93.7 Mixed 52 SusWrite 99.6 66% 90 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 134% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 75%
Hitachi HDS721025CLA382 250GB-$20 5,436 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 210GB free Firmware: JP1OA39C SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 80 86 86 85 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 122 Write 106 Mixed 49.2 SusWrite 84.4 66% 90.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 75%
WD WD2500AAKX-00ERMA0 229GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 193GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 80 86 86 85 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	49.4% Average	Read 87.5 Write 97.3 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 84.3 60% 81.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x4GB 154,807 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	20.8% Poor	MC Read 7.8 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 6 20% 6.87 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 5 SC Mixed 6.6 18% 6.17 GB/s	Latency 125 32% 125 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 52%

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Typical S3420GP Builds (Compare 35 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 25%

Surfboard

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 20%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Intel S3420GP

CPU
Xeon X3440IntelBench 65%, 6,034 samples	13x
Xeon X3430IntelBench 61%, 4,096 samples	9x
Xeon X3450IntelBench 66%, 3,425 samples	6x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	5x
GTX 670Nvidia $435Bench 28%, 47,610 samples	3x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	2x

SSD
SSD 240GBGigabyte $33Bench 73%, 20,238 samples	3x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $52Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	3x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	2x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	5x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	4x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	4x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $92

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16