Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 68.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	19.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	82.3% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4170-$20 48,178 User benchmarks, average bench 57% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	68.5% Good	Memory 93 1-Core 102 2-Core 185 75% 127 Pts	4-Core 254 8-Core 272 35% 263 Pts	64-Core 276 17% 276 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
(pe64) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 3 User benchmarks, average bench 23% Asus(1043 835C) 768MB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.286 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	19.3% Very poor	Lighting 14.9 Reflection 17.2 Parallax 13.5 12% 15.2 fps	MRender 20.3 Gravity 94.8 Splatting 14.4 33% 43.2 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X300 256GB-$99 2,341 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: X3510000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 272 247 200 243 228 222 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 375 Write 344 Mixed 209 SusWrite 235 65% 291 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 83.5 4K Mixed 36.7 130% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 225 184% 263 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 97%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$65 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 198GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 89 90 89 91 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	52.6% Above average	Read 93.5 Write 88.7 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 89.5 61% 82.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 58%
UFD 2.0 Silicon-Power8G 8GB 1,859 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 3GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.6 7.1 7.2 5.4 7.2 7.1 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	3.73% Terrible	Read 9 Write 4 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 6.8 8% 6 MB/s	4K Read 4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 15% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.73% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GB 26,466 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	56.2% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 17.6 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 17.3 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 60%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	481x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	404x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	372x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	260x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	164x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	153x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	158x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	127x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 27,462 samples	87x

Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $317

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16