Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	96.5% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3-$217 8,137 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 108 2-Core 218 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 549 59% 469 Pts	64-Core 549 34% 549 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 80%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 109 110 84 98 87 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 470 Mixed 301 SusWrite 129 76% 342 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 48.5 175% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 175 181% 296 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 108%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 251GB free Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 251 335 291 339 291 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	66.5% Good	Read 184 Write 98.3 Mixed 238 SusWrite 304 47% 206 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 55.5 4K Mixed 25.3 94% 33.9 MB/s	DQ Read 252 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 214 176% 250 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 102%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 191GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 92 94 95 94 96 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 99 Write 94.2 Mixed 64.7 SusWrite 94 65% 88 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HXY Kingston 99U5471-012.A00LF 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.5% Average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 13.3 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 15 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 50%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 66%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	9x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	6x
GTX 1050Nvidia $101Bench 26%, 269,381 samples	5x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	5x
BX500 240GBCrucial $28Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	4x
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	2x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	5x
Dominator DDR3 1600 C8 2x4GBCorsairBench 51%, 180 samples	4x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	3x

Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $178

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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16