Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 63.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	2.26% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-2120-$170 77,810 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Memory 89.3 1-Core 81.8 2-Core 152 66% 108 Pts	4-Core 219 8-Core 215 29% 217 Pts	64-Core 216 13% 216 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 520 16,336 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Device(1B0A 90AA) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 267.95 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	2.26% Terrible	Lighting 2.77 Reflection 2.96 Parallax 1.91 2% 2.54 fps	MRender 3.48 Gravity 2.2 Splatting 2.74 2% 2.81 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.26% Great: 2%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 876GB free (System drive) Firmware: HP63 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 35 47 37 58 50 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	32.4% Below average	Read 62.5 Write 60.5 Mixed 43.8 SusWrite 50.5 40% 54.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1 140% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5584-005.A00LF 99U5471-054.A00LF 12GB 140 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.8% Poor	MC Read 9.9 MC Write 9.2 MC Mixed 8.9 27% 9.33 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 9.3 26% 9.07 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 58%

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

CPU

GPU

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