Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 45% Speed boat	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 48.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.77% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (45^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 540-$60 24,563 User benchmarks, average bench 46% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.05 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	48.5% Average	Memory 70 1-Core 63.8 2-Core 98.1 49% 77.3 Pts	4-Core 158 8-Core 164 22% 161 Pts	64-Core 177 11% 177 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 52%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Zotac(19DA 7326) 2GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.77% Terrible	Lighting 4.47 Reflection 4.27 Parallax 4.22 4% 4.32 fps	MRender 4.14 Gravity 3.9 Splatting 6.17 4% 4.74 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.77% Great: 4%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 522GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 58 49 52 87 107 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	38.9% Below average	Read 70 Write 81.7 Mixed 30.5 SusWrite 65.5 45% 61.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 116% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 12GB 85,415 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 0, 0 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27% Poor	MC Read 8.6 MC Write 8.2 MC Mixed 10.9 26% 9.23 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 6.3 SC Mixed 7.2 19% 6.8 GB/s	Latency 101 39% 101 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 27% Great: 50%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 46%

Yacht

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD Graphics (Clarkdale 0.733/0.9 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 20,588 samples	441x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	298x
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	176x

Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $70

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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