Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 48.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	4.65% 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	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3 540-$60 24,563 User benchmarks, average bench 46% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.05 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	48.5% Average	Memory 67.4 1-Core 72.6 2-Core 129 54% 89.6 Pts	4-Core 174 8-Core 171 23% 172 Pts	64-Core 187 12% 187 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 52%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT 20,826 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Asus(1043 82B7) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	4.65% Terrible	Lighting 5.57 Reflection 8.27 Parallax 1.88 4% 5.24 fps	MRender 8.38 Gravity 3.93 Splatting 5.78 5% 6.03 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.65% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST3750640NS 750GB-$38 10,520 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.BAK Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 85 215401906 (03) Spinup time 91 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3648 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 801804696 (09) Power-on hours count 37 37 55775 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3592 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 53 655687719 (C2) HDA temperature 39 47 68719476775 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 68 59 120988588 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	25.7% Poor	Read 44.3 Write 45.1 Mixed 41.4 33% 43.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 0.83 4K Mixed 0.29 67% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 25.7% Great: 42%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 154 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 251GB free, PID 0211 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	13.5% Very poor	Read 30.2 Write 23.1 Mixed 17.6 28% 23.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.17 51% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.5% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4GB 42,830 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 0, 0 MHz 2048, 2048 MB Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	28.6% Poor	MC Read 9.3 MC Write 8.3 MC Mixed 12.3 28% 9.97 GB/s	SC Read 7.1 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 7.9 20% 6.97 GB/s	Latency 108 37% 108 ns
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 46%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 50%

Yacht

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

GPU
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	4x
HD Graphics (Clarkdale 0.733/0.9 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 20,588 samples	3x
GTX 660Nvidia $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples	2x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	4x
SSDNow UV400 120GBKingston $35Bench 67%, 80,916 samples	3x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	3x

Value: 46% - Average

Total price: $200

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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