Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 46.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
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	2GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows however a minimum of 4GB is recommended for gaming or any other RAM intensive tasks such as photo/video editing. This system will also be a little more responsive with 4GB of RAM.
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 as expected (57^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 M 380-$130 21,755 User benchmarks, average bench 40% CPU, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.55 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	46.5% Average	Memory 65.8 1-Core 64 2-Core 118 50% 82.6 Pts	4-Core 159 8-Core 159 21% 159 Pts	64-Core 160 10% 160 Pts
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 46%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 14,621 User benchmarks, average bench 1% HP(103C 1426) 1GB Driver: aticfx32.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 1% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HTS545016B9SA00 160GB 497 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: PBBOC64G SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 38 37 42 43 42 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	24.5% Poor	Read 45.2 Write 45.1 Mixed 23.9 SusWrite 40 28% 38.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 108% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 24.5% Great: 35%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 427GB free Firmware: 0707 SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 24 24 23 24 24 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	15.3% Very poor	Read 28.9 Write 22.1 Mixed 22.9 SusWrite 23.5 18% 24.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5673FH0-CH9 1x2GB 884 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 1 of 2 slots used 2GB SODIMM DDR3 1067 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	21.5% Poor	MC Read 6.8 MC Write 7 MC Mixed 7.3 20% 7.03 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 6.9 18% 6.3 GB/s	Latency 112 36% 112 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 29%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 1%

Tree trunk

Desktop 19%

Surfboard

Workstation 1%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 99,513 samples	143x
Mobility Radeon HD 5470ATIBench 1%, 14,621 samples	12x
Mobility Radeon HD 4250ATIBench 1%, 11,054 samples	9x

RAM
M471B5673FH0-CH9 1x2GBSamsungBench 19%, 884 samples	5x
M471B5773CHS-CH9 1x2GBSamsungBench 19%, 2,491 samples	4x
M471B5673FH0-CF8 1x2GBSamsungBench 19%, 692 samples	4x

Value: 42% - Average

Total price: $195

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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