Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 47.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.62% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	44.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G3258-$31 23,497 User benchmarks, average bench 53% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	47.3% Average	Memory 76 1-Core 53.3 2-Core 103 49% 77.3 Pts	4-Core 107 8-Core 128 15% 118 Pts	64-Core 123 8% 123 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics (G4 Pentium/Celeron 1.05/1.15 GHz) 43,454 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	1.62% Terrible	Lighting 1.8 Reflection 1.7 Parallax 2.8 2% 2.1 fps	MRender 3.9 Gravity 1.1 Splatting 2.2 2% 2.4 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.62% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Burst Elite 120GB 1,599 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: U0401A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 28 38 49 29 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	44.1% Average	Read 348 Write 302 Mixed 280 SusWrite 64.1 55% 248 MB/s	4K Read 15.4 4K Write 43.8 4K Mixed 14.7 65% 24.6 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 1 41% 99.6 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 138GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 88 86 88 89 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	52.8% Above average	Read 96 Write 90.6 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 88.2 60% 82.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.8 126% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 88%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 64GB-$12 26,708 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 20GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 10 10 11 11 11 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	27.6% Poor	Read 152 Write 11.2 Mixed 14.9 SusWrite 10.6 40% 47.2 MB/s	4K Read 13.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 51% 4.57 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 0420 8GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1600, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	28.1% Poor	MC Read 9.1 MC Write 9.3 MC Mixed 10.2 27% 9.53 GB/s	SC Read 5.3 SC Write 7.4 SC Mixed 7.6 19% 6.77 GB/s	Latency 88.2 45% 88.2 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 60%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 65%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	83x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	49x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	47x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	33x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	18x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 37,489 samples	18x

Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $178

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