Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 63.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	1.41% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4170-$59 48,178 User benchmarks, average bench 57% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	63.7% Good	Memory 78.5 1-Core 71 2-Core 145 59% 98.2 Pts	4-Core 284 8-Core 285 38% 285 Pts	64-Core 281 17% 281 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6570 19,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 2503) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	1.41% Terrible	Lighting 0.07 Reflection 6.19 Parallax 5.69 0% 3.98 fps	MRender 4.9 Gravity 4.83 Splatting 5 4% 4.91 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 1.41% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2010)-$18 39,749 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 209GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 43 40 49 65 66 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	33% Below average	Read 66 Write 62.3 Mixed 40.3 SusWrite 49 40% 54.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 94% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 47%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 656GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 151 156 164 163 162 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Read 151 Write 148 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 158 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5474-038.A00LF 0118 8GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	42.5% Average	MC Read 12.8 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 14.2 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 14.4 SC Mixed 13 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 83.4 48% 83.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 51%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	20x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples	9x
HD Graphics (G4 Pentium/Celeron 1.05/1.15 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 43,454 samples	8x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	6x
SU650 240GBAdata $70Bench 70%, 47,016 samples	4x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	3x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 37,489 samples	4x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	4x
TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 2x8GBUnknownBench 52%, 6,864 samples	4x

Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $237

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