Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 19.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is terrible.
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	The RAM on this system should be upgraded to at least 2GB although on 32bit systems 1GB will suffice as a bare minimum.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz 6,937 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 1 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	19.1% Very poor	Memory 34.5 1-Core 24.6 2-Core 23.7 20% 27.6 Pts	4-Core 22.9 8-Core 22.1 3% 22.5 Pts	64-Core 21.7 1% 21.7 Pts
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 19.1% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST500LM012 HN-M500MBB 500GB 47,588 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 455GB free Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	Read 102 Write 103 Mixed 100 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.36 102% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 59%
Seagate ST3160813AS 160GB-$139 4,860 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	45.2% Average	Read 86.5 Write 71.1 Mixed 85 61% 80.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.23 68% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1GB 4,189 User benchmarks, average bench 13% null MHz 256, 1024 MB Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	4.84% Terrible	MC Read 1.4 MC Write 1.1 MC Mixed 1.1 3% 1.2 GB/s	SC Read 1.8 SC Write 1.7 SC Mixed 1.7 5% 1.73 GB/s	Latency 230 17% 230 ns
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.84% Great: 43%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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