Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 0% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 66.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	1.3% 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 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.

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-3240 37,789 User benchmarks, average bench 55% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Memory 92.6 1-Core 90 2-Core 160 69% 114 Pts	4-Core 231 8-Core 234 31% 233 Pts	64-Core 234 14% 234 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 5570 16 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Sapphire(174B 5570) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.301.1001.0 Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	1.3% Terrible	Lighting 0.2 Reflection 5.7 Parallax 3.5 0% 3.13 fps	MRender 5.1 Gravity 2.9 Splatting 4.7 4% 4.23 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.3% Great: 4%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 358GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 88 56 45 50 99 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	39.9% Below average	Read 70.8 Write 106 Mixed 62 SusWrite 67.8 57% 76.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.1 194% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 109%

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 @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	29.5% Poor	MC Read 9.6 MC Write 9.3 MC Mixed 8.5 26% 9.13 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 8.8 25% 8.7 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 52%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	117x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	51x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	32x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	16x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	11x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	10x

Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $192

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16