Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Tree trunk	Desktop 44% Speed boat	Workstation 0% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 47.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	0.81% 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	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (43^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 540-$60 24,563 User benchmarks, average bench 46% LGA1156, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.05 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	47.8% Average	Memory 69.6 1-Core 74.9 2-Core 129 55% 91.1 Pts	4-Core 148 8-Core 181 21% 164 Pts	64-Core 175 11% 175 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 52%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics (Clarkdale 0.733/0.9 GHz) 20,588 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 8383) 1.8GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 8.15.10.2900 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.81% Terrible	Lighting 0.9 Reflection 1.7 Parallax 1.4 1% 1.33 fps	MRender 1.4 Gravity 0.9 Splatting 1.2 1% 1.17 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.81% Great: 1%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Hitachi HDS721050CLA662 500GB 14,997 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: JP2OA50E SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 22 23 25 28 18 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	18.3% Very poor	Read 42.1 Write 32.3 Mixed 25.1 SusWrite 21.5 22% 30.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.4 71% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4GB 42,830 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048 MB Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	25.5% Poor	MC Read 8.7 MC Write 8 MC Mixed 10.4 26% 9.03 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 5.8 SC Mixed 2.2 14% 4.73 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 25.5% 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