Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.42% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	56.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 8.1 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 (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 99.6 2-Core 204 78% 133 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 520 59% 463 Pts	64-Core 521 32% 521 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)-$15 52,547 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 84CA) 3GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4276 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	3.42% Terrible	Lighting 4.1 Reflection 1.9 Parallax 2.9 3% 2.97 fps	MRender 5.5 Gravity 2.4 Splatting 5 4% 4.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.42% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot P200 256GB 1,581 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 194GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0424A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 366 59 101 37 93 74 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	Read 514 Write 443 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 122 61% 277 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 17.5 4K Mixed 9.4 61% 17.6 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 1.3 74% 173 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 93%
XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 256GB 12,312 User benchmarks, average bench 215% 178GB free Firmware: 42B2S7JA SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 244 240 240 240 240 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	265% Outstanding	Read 2,709 Write 1,232 Mixed 1,302 SusWrite 277 303% 1,380 MB/s	4K Read 69.3 4K Write 201 4K Mixed 96.2 335% 122 MB/s	DQ Read 809 DQ Write 812 DQ Mixed 496 459% 706 MB/s
Poor: 141% ↑ This bench: 265% Great: 277%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 2,100 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 20.3 MC Mixed 18.9 58% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 18.4 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 54.4 74% 54.4 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 63%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 25%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	58x
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	57x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	51x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	18x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	17x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	13x

Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $454

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