Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	2.53% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing as expected (55^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 870-$100 37,228 User benchmarks, average bench 66% U2E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.95 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Memory 93.3 1-Core 89.9 2-Core 174 71% 119 Pts	4-Core 298 8-Core 394 44% 346 Pts	64-Core 395 24% 395 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5850 1,228 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Apple(106B 00CC) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	2.53% Terrible	Lighting 0.1 Reflection 8.5 Parallax 9.53 0% 6.04 fps	MRender 8 Gravity 8.4 Splatting 9.87 7% 8.76 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 2.53% Great: 9%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$71 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 313GB free (System drive) Firmware: JK0KB35B SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 69 67 77 78 74 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	44.2% Average	Read 81.9 Write 85.5 Mixed 44.9 SusWrite 71.8 52% 71 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	42.5% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 11.9 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 12.4 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 61%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

GPU
Mobility Radeon HD 5730AMDBench 4%, 2,535 samples	20x
Mobility Radeon HD 5850AMDBench 7%, 1,228 samples	16x
HD 5750AMDBench 8%, 12,403 samples	6x

Value: 49% - Average

Total price: $145

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