Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 63.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	21.6% 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	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 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.

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-3220-$79 71,790 User benchmarks, average bench 52% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Memory 88.8 1-Core 91 2-Core 155 68% 112 Pts	4-Core 230 8-Core 218 30% 224 Pts	64-Core 230 14% 230 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 843B) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	21.6% Poor	Lighting 25.4 Reflection 24.1 Parallax 31.7 21% 27 fps	MRender 32.4 Gravity 30.2 Splatting 25.1 24% 29.2 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.6% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 270GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 154 145 156 164 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 181 Mixed 84.2 SusWrite 151 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 109%
Hitachi HDS721616PLA380 165GB-$46 4,039 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 71GB free Firmware: P22OA70A SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 62 61 61 61 61 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	39.1% Below average	Read 74.5 Write 58.5 Mixed 43.8 SusWrite 61.3 44% 59.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 39%
Maxtor STM3160215AS 160GB 8,567 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 43GB free Firmware: 4.AAB SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 49 50 50 50 50 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	28.5% Poor	Read 49.5 Write 10.2 Mixed 21.7 SusWrite 49.5 24% 32.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5173DB0-CK0 Kingston 99U5474-038.A00LF 8GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	49.5% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 15.9 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 13.9 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 50%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	165x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	62x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	50x

Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16