Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 50.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.59% 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3230M-$100 61,311 User benchmarks, average bench 49% CPU Socket - U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	50.3% Above average	Memory 68.3 1-Core 76.3 2-Core 130 55% 91.7 Pts	4-Core 185 8-Core 208 26% 196 Pts	64-Core 208 13% 208 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz) 409,110 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Legend(17AA 21F3) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	3.59% Terrible	Lighting 3.97 Reflection 4.38 Parallax 2.78 3% 3.71 fps	MRender 4.95 Gravity 2.23 Splatting 7.57 4% 4.92 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.59% Great: 4%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Hitachi HTS725050A7E630 500GB-$125 56,661 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 439GB free (System drive) Firmware: GH2ZB550 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 48 74 81 95 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	25.3% Poor	Read 9.7 Write 22.9 Mixed 7.7 SusWrite 78.2 21% 29.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.4 78% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 25.3% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown RMT3170EB68E9W1600 Hynix HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 8GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.4% Below average	MC Read 12.1 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 13.3 39% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 15 SC Mixed 9.4 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 54%

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

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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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16