Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 2% 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 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 72.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	0.64% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

Very high background CPU (57%). 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 i7 960-$220 16,233 User benchmarks, average bench 68% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Memory 94.2 1-Core 83.9 2-Core 168 70% 115 Pts	4-Core 276 8-Core 396 42% 336 Pts	64-Core 412 26% 412 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8400 GS 18,254 User benchmarks, average bench 1% MSI(1462 0740) 256MB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 8.15.11.8593 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	0.64% Terrible	Lighting 0.73 Reflection 1.27 Parallax 0.31 1% 0.77 fps	MRender 1.1 Gravity 0.6 Splatting 0.96 1% 0.88 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.64% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 627GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 49 100 181 175 193 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Read 97.2 Write 142 Mixed 66 SusWrite 124 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 110%
WD My Book 1230 4TB 14,665 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1TB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 22 23 25 25 25 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	15.4% Very poor	Read 24.3 Write 21.9 Mixed 20.1 SusWrite 23.8 30% 22.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 105% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 15.4% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6BFR8C-H9 Samsung M378B5773DH0-CH9 Samsung M378B5273DH0-CH9 Samsung M378B5773DH0-CH9 12GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	42.8% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 12.6 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 13.3 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 59.2 68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 43%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 36%

Jet ski

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

Raft

SSD
870 EVO 1TBSamsung $99Bench 112%, 129,044 samples	15x
SD8TB8U-256G-1006 256GBSandiskBench 73%, 213 samples	12x
FTM1TN325H 1TBBench 70%, 177 samples	11x

RAM
M378B5273DH0-CH9 M378B5273DH0-CH9 M378B5273CH0-CH9 M378B5273DH0-CH9 M378B5273CH0-CH9 M378B5273DH0-CH9 24GBSamsungBench 51%, 13 samples	13x
M378B5773CH0-CH9 6x2GBSamsungBench 50%, 43 samples	11x
KP223C-ELD 6x2GBKingstonBench 52%, 31 samples	9x

Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $428

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