Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 62.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	54.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	62.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 (56%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-3240 37,789 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Memory 85.1 1-Core 70.9 2-Core 153 62% 103 Pts	4-Core 234 8-Core 234 31% 234 Pts	64-Core 224 14% 224 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R9 290X 3,695 User benchmarks, average bench 49% AMD(1002 0B00) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.12.3 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	Lighting 67.4 Reflection 59.1 Parallax 91.8 55% 72.8 fps	MRender 59.2 Gravity 62 Splatting 75.1 55% 65.5 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM830 mSATA 256GB 9,379 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03D1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 212 169 207 201 216 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 433 Write 322 Mixed 263 SusWrite 210 68% 307 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 43.1 4K Mixed 21.3 77% 27.4 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 92.3 DQ Mixed 144 119% 176 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 80%
Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB-$95 20,246 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 99GB free Firmware: 3.AAF SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 86 88 88 87 88 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	Read 89.3 Write 87 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 86.8 56% 76.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.9 148% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown FLFF65F-D8KM9 8325 FLFF65F-D8KQ9 8GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.4% Poor	MC Read 9.1 MC Write 8.9 MC Mixed 8.4 25% 8.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 9.2 26% 9.13 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 50%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 37%

Jet ski

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

Raft

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	7x
Vengeance DDR3 2133 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 993 samples	6x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	5x

Value: 60% - Good

Total price: $567

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16