Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 64.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	2.1% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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 (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 870-$100 37,228 User benchmarks, average bench 66% LGA1156, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.95 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Memory 93.1 1-Core 72.5 2-Core 131 62% 98.7 Pts	4-Core 200 8-Core 286 30% 243 Pts	64-Core 307 19% 307 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9500 GT 27,834 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Asus(1043 82FD) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.0 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	2.1% Terrible	Lighting 2.4 Reflection 4.23 Parallax 0.84 2% 2.49 fps	MRender 3.86 Gravity 1.73 Splatting 3.13 2% 2.91 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 2.1% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST3500414CS 500GB 23,667 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 427GB free (System drive) Firmware: CA14 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 57 61 78 85 35 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	40.1% Average	Read 78.3 Write 90.1 Mixed 45.8 SusWrite 61.3 51% 68.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 150% 1 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 61%
Generic Flash Disk 16GB 18,883 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 14GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.3 7.2 7.2 7.2 6.8 7 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	5.11% Terrible	Read 17.9 Write 5.2 Mixed 16 SusWrite 7.3 14% 11.6 MB/s	4K Read 3.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 14% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 5.11% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	40% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 12.7 MC Mixed 12.4 39% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 9.7 SC Mixed 10.1 28% 9.8 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 54%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

GPU
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 98,254 samples	16x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	16x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	15x

Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $128

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