Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.73% 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 (73%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 870-$100 37,228 User benchmarks, average bench 66% CPU, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.95 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Memory 93.6 1-Core 89.8 2-Core 172 71% 119 Pts	4-Core 296 8-Core 383 43% 340 Pts	64-Core 384 24% 384 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT 5,568 User benchmarks, average bench 6% XFX(1682 2330) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	4.73% Terrible	Lighting 6.73 Reflection 4.46 Parallax 3.31 6% 4.84 fps	MRender 2.95 Gravity 6.77 Splatting 2.65 3% 4.12 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.73% Great: 7%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 419GB free (System drive) Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 49 63 83 94 67 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	52.9% Above average	Read 116 Write 109 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 67.7 64% 87.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown NT2GC64B8HC0NF-CG 830B0000830B NT2GC64B8HC0NF-CG 80CE000080CE M378B5773CH0-CH9 80CE000080CE M378B5773CH0-CH9 8GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	41.6% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 11.6 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 11 SC Mixed 13.2 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 42%

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
Radeon HD 4550ATIBench 1%, 3,005 samples	72x
HD Graphics (Clarkdale 0.733/0.9 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 20,588 samples	71x
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	69x

RAM
M378B5273CH0-CH9 2x4GBUnknownBench 37%, 202 samples	16x
M378B5673FH0-CH9 4x2GBUnknownBench 36%, 633 samples	15x
KP223C-ELD 4x2GBUnknownBench 35%, 110 samples	15x

Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $128

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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