Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	1.77% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	82.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3-$209 19,313 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 112 2-Core 218 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 603 63% 507 Pts	64-Core 589 36% 589 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6450 32,407 User benchmarks, average bench 2% PwrHis(1787 2311) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	1.77% Terrible	Lighting 2.33 Reflection 2.35 Parallax 1.97 2% 2.22 fps	MRender 1.86 Gravity 1.6 Splatting 2 2% 1.82 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.77% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2316RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 233 245 201 200 194 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Read 456 Write 258 Mixed 184 SusWrite 218 62% 279 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 98.5 4K Mixed 31 132% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 119 122% 202 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 91%
SanDisk SSD 64GB-$56 3,862 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 52GB free Firmware: 2.0.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 211 195 191 201 193 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	45.6% Average	Read 436 Write 208 Mixed 139 SusWrite 200 54% 246 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 14.3 4K Mixed 11.8 50% 14.6 MB/s	DQ Read 32.4 DQ Write 14.7 DQ Mixed 16 14% 21 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 48%
Seagate ST500LM021-1KJ152 500GB 40,079 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 423GB free Firmware: 0002LIM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 139 140 140 140 141 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Read 146 Write 143 Mixed 70.3 SusWrite 139 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C11 2x8GB 4,192 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	58.5% Above average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 16.8 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 18.8 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 59%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	40x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	30x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 58%, 8,730 samples	25x

Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $913

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