Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 43.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.02% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	81.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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 (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G3240-$51 10,752 User benchmarks, average bench 50% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	43.6% Average	Memory 67.3 1-Core 82.9 2-Core 115 54% 88.3 Pts	4-Core 115 8-Core 132 16% 123 Pts	64-Core 133 8% 133 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 59%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 210 98,254 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 853A) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.01 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.02% Terrible	Lighting 1.2 Reflection 0.4 Parallax 0.3 1% 0.63 fps	MRender 1.9 Gravity 0.5 Splatting 1.6 1% 1.33 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.02% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X110 SATA M.2 128GB 1,324 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: X232112 SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 259 281 276 276 288 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Read 406 Write 287 Mixed 219 SusWrite 274 66% 297 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 80.9 4K Mixed 30 122% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 122 125% 206 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 466GB free Firmware: JC66 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 114 118 118 117 118 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Read 105 Write 103 Mixed 65.4 SusWrite 117 72% 97.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.1 188% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 70%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 465GB free Firmware: 18.01H18 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 97 104 103 104 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Read 110 Write 90 Mixed 58.1 SusWrite 102 66% 89.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 151% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston ACR16D3LU1KFG/4G 3x4GB 236 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1648 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	37.7% Below average	MC Read 11.8 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 12.5 37% 12.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 13.4 SC Mixed 12.7 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 108 37% 108 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 54%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	126x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	108x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	103x

Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

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