Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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. 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 71%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	2.11% 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	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

PC Performing above expectations (77^th 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-$59 48,178 User benchmarks, average bench 57% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	71% Very good	Memory 92.8 1-Core 111 2-Core 202 79% 135 Pts	4-Core 286 8-Core 290 38% 288 Pts	64-Core 289 18% 289 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 520 16,336 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Nvidia(10DE 0000) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 337.88 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	2.11% Terrible	Lighting 2.57 Reflection 2.96 Parallax 0.59 2% 2.04 fps	MRender 3.76 Gravity 2.43 Splatting 2 2% 2.73 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.11% Great: 2%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 380GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS1OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 146 136 139 157 144 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Read 166 Write 164 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 138 91% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.4 104% 1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x4GB 154,807 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 2 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	32.9% Below average	MC Read 11.2 MC Write 10.6 MC Mixed 9.1 29% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 11.5 SC Mixed 9.6 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 52%

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

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	1x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	1x

SSD
T253X1240G 240GBTeamBench 68%, 3,895 samples	1x

RAM
99U5471-054.A00LF 1x8GBKingstonBench 30%, 12,132 samples	1x

Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $209

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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