Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 70.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	20.7% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3-$170 4,850 User benchmarks, average bench 69% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	70.3% Very good	Memory 75.8 1-Core 78 2-Core 203 66% 119 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 391 51% 381 Pts	64-Core 393 24% 393 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 8422) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	20.7% Poor	Lighting 23.5 Reflection 27.5 Parallax 32.2 19% 27.7 fps	MRender 33.7 Gravity 30.1 Splatting 25.3 24% 29.7 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$25 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 834GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 102 179 185 186 188 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 194 Mixed 80.2 SusWrite 155 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 112%
WD Blue 320GB (2010)-$40 13,720 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 127GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 97 95 98 98 97 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 95.7 Write 97.2 Mixed 65.6 SusWrite 96.5 65% 88.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Elpida EBJ21UE8BDF0-AE-F EBJ21UE8BDF0-AE-F Hynix HMT451U7AFR8A-PB 8GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1067, 1067, 1600 MHz 2048, 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	42.5% Average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 13.6 41% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 15.1 SC Mixed 13.1 38% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 88.6 45% 88.6 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 42%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 3%

Tree trunk

Desktop 64%

Destroyer

Workstation 3%

Tree trunk

CPU
Xeon E3-1225 v3Intel $170Bench 69%, 4,850 samples	176x
Pentium G3220Intel $36Bench 48%, 19,337 samples	13x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	6x

GPU
HD Graphics P4600IntelBench 3%, 2,141 samples	52x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	26x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	10x

SSD
870 EVO 1TBSamsung $100Bench 112%, 129,044 samples	8x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	8x
Raid 0 Volume 256GBIntelBench 120%, 13,747 samples	8x

RAM
HMT451U7BFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 30%, 163 samples	10x
HMT451U7BFR8A-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 53%, 232 samples	7x
HMT451U6BFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 56%, 2,366 samples	6x

Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $270

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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