Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 54.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.59% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3230M-$100 61,311 User benchmarks, average bench 49% CPU Socket - U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Memory 77.9 1-Core 79.5 2-Core 126 58% 94.5 Pts	4-Core 183 8-Core 189 25% 186 Pts	64-Core 190 12% 190 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 58%

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 21FA) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4425 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	3.59% Terrible	Lighting 3.97 Reflection 5.35 Parallax 2.72 3% 4.01 fps	MRender 4.81 Gravity 2.23 Splatting 7.65 4% 4.9 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.59% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HTS725050A7E630 500GB-$125 56,661 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 123GB free (System drive) Firmware: GH2ZB550 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 245 245 73014444033 (04) Start/Stop count 78 78 34774 (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 71 71 12882 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 4971 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1730478206 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 68 68 325704 (C2) HDA temperature 133 133 223339348013 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 6 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 16 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	43.1% Average	Read 72.8 Write 77.6 Mixed 59.3 52% 69.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.21 4K Write 0.76 4K Mixed 0.14 38% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 72%
Kingmax USB2.0 FlashDisk 8GB 337 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 3GB free, PID 3257 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	3.72% Terrible	Read 20.6 Write 3.26 Mixed 4.05 8% 9.29 MB/s	4K Read 0.02 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.004 0% 0.009 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.72% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Transcend TS1GSK64W6H 2x8GB 1,168 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.3% Average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 16 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 14.7 SC Mixed 14.8 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 84.6 47% 84.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 68%

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

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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