Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 69.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	6.92% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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 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.

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 870-$100 37,228 User benchmarks, average bench 66% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.95 GHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	69.7% Good	Memory 92.5 1-Core 87.5 2-Core 168 70% 116 Pts	4-Core 256 8-Core 364 39% 310 Pts	64-Core 385 24% 385 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTS 240 1,075 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Nvidia(10DE 0736) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 311.6 Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	6.92% Terrible	Lighting 9.27 Reflection 9.65 Parallax 3.44 8% 7.45 fps	MRender 8.05 Gravity 7.07 Splatting 6.17 6% 7.1 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.92% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD1001FAES-60Z2A0 1TB 11,642 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 619GB free (System drive) Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 169 4433 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1595 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17745 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1589 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 34 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1560 (C2) HDA temperature 117 100 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 77 77 17118 (F1) Unknown 200 200 54944885339 (F2) Unknown 200 200 76294749318	54.3% Above average	Read 103 Write 86.2 Mixed 27.8 53% 72.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.54 4K Mixed 0.11 27% 0.25 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 75%
Generic- SD/MMC 16GB 78 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 5GB free, PID 9106 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	15.6% Very poor	Read 18.2 Write 16.4 Mixed 17.3 22% 17.3 MB/s	4K Read 3.88 4K Write 2.77 4K Mixed 1.63 164% 2.76 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 15.6% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6BFR8C-H9 HMT351U6BFR8C-H9 CT51264BD160B.C16F CT51264BD160B.C16F 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	41.7% Average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 12.4 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 11.7 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 42%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

RAM
NT2GC64B8HC0NF-CG 4x2GBNanyaBench 41%, 938 samples	42x
M378B5673FH0-CH9 4x2GBSamsungBench 42%, 2,488 samples	31x
EBJ21UE8BDF0-DJ-F 4x2GBElpidaBench 40%, 1,380 samples	21x

Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $492

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16