Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	0.61% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	26.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3450-$59 34,199 User benchmarks, average bench 66% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 91.4 1-Core 96.1 2-Core 192 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 366 49% 367 Pts	64-Core 368 23% 368 Pts
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro NVS 290 1,528 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Nvidia(10DE 0492) 256MB Ram: 256MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	0.61% Terrible	Lighting 0.73 Reflection 1.35 Parallax 0.34 1% 0.81 fps	MRender 1.24 Gravity 0.3 Splatting 0.83 1% 0.79 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.61% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 9.8 9.7 26 85 41 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	26.2% Poor	Read 213 Write 52.5 Mixed 57.5 SusWrite 87.7 22% 103 MB/s	4K Read 13.3 4K Write 15.1 4K Mixed 8.4 39% 12.3 MB/s	DQ Read 15.8 DQ Write 13.4 DQ Mixed 15.5 11% 14.9 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 26.2% Great: 100%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 279GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 120 118 122 122 120 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Read 120 Write 115 Mixed 22.3 SusWrite 120 68% 94.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 143% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 108%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 220GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 166 167 172 170 169 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 169 Mixed 39.2 SusWrite 169 98% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 162% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingmax FLGF65F-C8MLB 2x4GB 60 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	62.1% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 20 62% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 17.7 50% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 65.1 61% 65.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 62%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	66x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	54x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	52x

Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $333

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16