Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 44% Speed boat	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 46%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	4.65% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3 530-$45 16,724 User benchmarks, average bench 46% LGA1156, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.95 GHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	46% Average	Memory 66.3 1-Core 63.8 2-Core 105 48% 78.5 Pts	4-Core 149 8-Core 160 20% 154 Pts	64-Core 171 11% 171 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 51%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9800 GT 19,550 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Device(0000 0000) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.01 Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	4.65% Terrible	Lighting 5.8 Reflection 8.4 Parallax 1.9 5% 5.37 fps	MRender 6.9 Gravity 5.9 Splatting 4.3 4% 5.7 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.65% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 437GB free (System drive) Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 79 84 96 104 81 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 111 Write 96.6 Mixed 39 SusWrite 85.5 60% 83.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 103% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6GB 111,301 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	27.8% Poor	MC Read 9.3 MC Write 8.3 MC Mixed 11.6 28% 9.73 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 5.6 SC Mixed 7.4 19% 6.57 GB/s	Latency 111 36% 111 ns
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 46%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 45%

Yacht

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD Graphics (Clarkdale 0.733/0.9 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 20,588 samples	43x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	23x
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	21x

SSD
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	17x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	17x
WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GBWDCBench 93%, 97,462 samples	12x

Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $89

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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