Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	4.83% 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 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 above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2640 0 3,274 User benchmarks, average bench 65% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Memory 86 1-Core 74.3 2-Core 148 62% 103 Pts	4-Core 274 8-Core 437 44% 355 Pts	64-Core 565 35% 565 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6570 19,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% AMD(1002 0000) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1801.0 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	4.83% Terrible	Lighting 6.3 Reflection 6.1 Parallax 5.7 5% 6.03 fps	MRender 5.1 Gravity 5.3 Splatting 5.1 4% 5.17 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.83% Great: 5%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2009)-$50 31,419 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 175GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 40 42 32 36 38 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	17.4% Very poor	Read 23.4 Write 21.6 Mixed 12.8 SusWrite 37.1 17% 23.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.1 36% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 17.4% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT151R7BFR4C 1x4GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	28.5% Poor	MC Read 9.6 MC Write 8.5 MC Mixed 8.5 25% 8.87 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 8.3 26% 9.1 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 29%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 35%

Jet ski

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

RAM
M393B5170GB0- 2x4GBSamsungBench 52%, 1,540 samples	127x
M393B1K70DH0- 2x8GBSamsungBench 54%, 1,683 samples	64x
HMT151R7BFR4C 4x4GBHynixBench 67%, 393 samples	58x

Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $158

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16