Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 65.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	3.59% 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	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very 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 as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-2120-$170 77,810 User benchmarks, average bench 51% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Memory 92.5 1-Core 85 2-Core 150 67% 109 Pts	4-Core 223 8-Core 224 30% 223 Pts	64-Core 223 14% 223 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 240 58,337 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 8094) 2GB CLim: 600 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.2 Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	3.59% Terrible	Lighting 4.7 Reflection 4.3 Parallax 6.7 4% 5.23 fps	MRender 3.5 Gravity 4.9 Splatting 3.2 3% 3.87 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.59% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50 72,924 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 389GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 81 102 99 107 107 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Read 102 Write 110 Mixed 63.9 SusWrite 93.7 68% 92.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.2 205% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5402-061.A00LF 99U5458-008.A00LF 6GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	51.1% Above average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 16.1 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 15 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 51%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	149x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	90x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	72x

Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $87

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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16