Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 67.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	15.5% 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	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 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 (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon X5677 654 User benchmarks, average bench 74% LGA1366, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Memory 95.6 1-Core 97.3 2-Core 137 70% 110 Pts	4-Core 238 8-Core 211 31% 224 Pts	64-Core 208 13% 208 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6870 25,443 User benchmarks, average bench 15% XFX(1682 3100) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	15.5% Very poor	Lighting 20.9 Reflection 14.3 Parallax 18.1 17% 17.8 fps	MRender 12 Gravity 14.4 Splatting 18.5 13% 15 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 15.5% Great: 16%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC1H SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 91 103 106 102 105 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 100 Write 101 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 101 65% 88.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x1GB 54,972 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 4 of 6 slots used 4GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	40.6% Average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 11.8 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 10.9 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 55.1 72% 55.1 ns
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 28%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 37%

Jet ski

Desktop 70%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 29%

Raft

Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $306

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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