Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 71.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing above expectations (68^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% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.95 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	71.9% Very good	Memory 93.8 1-Core 86.8 2-Core 161 69% 114 Pts	4-Core 272 8-Core 397 42% 335 Pts	64-Core 395 24% 395 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 74%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 15 16 19 19 16 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 26% Great: 55%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 5TB 5,792 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1.5TB free Firmware: 040B SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 29 28 28 29 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	17% Very poor	Read 29.4 Write 22.9 Mixed 24.5 SusWrite 28.4 20% 26.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 0.6 181% 2 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M378B5673FH0-CH9 80CE M378B5673FH0-CH9 80CE M378B2873FHS-CH9 80CE M378B2873FHS-CH9 6GB 71 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 1024, 1024 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	41.5% Average	MC Read 15.6 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 12.7 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 10.6 SC Mixed 11.7 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 42%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 12%

Tree trunk

Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

GPU
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	8x
GeForce GT 340NvidiaBench 4%, 185 samples	8x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	6x

RAM
M378B5673FH0-CH9 4x2GBUnknownBench 36%, 633 samples	9x
ACR256X64D3U1333C9 2x2GBKingstonBench 31%, 1,517 samples	5x
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 53%, 17,809 samples	3x

Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $197

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