Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 55.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.85% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	34.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3540M-$120 6,652 User benchmarks, average bench 56% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	55.5% Above average	Memory 70.6 1-Core 88.8 2-Core 166 62% 108 Pts	4-Core 235 8-Core 235 32% 235 Pts	64-Core 238 15% 238 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 7500M 12,745 User benchmarks, average bench 4% HP(103C 179D) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1301.0 Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	3.85% Terrible	Lighting 5 Reflection 4.8 Parallax 4.2 4% 4.67 fps	MRender 4.4 Gravity 4 Splatting 4.1 3% 4.17 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.85% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MTFDBAK128MAG-1G1 128GB 1,036 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0005 SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 93 109 129 111 126 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	34.3% Below average	Read 197 Write 30 Mixed 71.1 SusWrite 100 22% 99.7 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 20.3 4K Mixed 7.4 53% 16.5 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 40 DQ Mixed 58 57% 95.1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 50%
VendorCo ProductCode 67GB 232 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 55GB free, PID 1234 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.3 4.5 4.4 5.2 5.6 5.9 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 16.2 Write 0.8 SusWrite 5.1 7% 7.37 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1.6 120% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 2% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B1G73BH0-CK0 M471B1G73BH0-YK0 16GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	56.1% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 18.5 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 16.5 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 100 40% 100 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 56%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

Yacht

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	1,215x
Radeon HD 7500MAMDBench 4%, 12,745 samples	172x
HD 3000 (Mobile V2 1.3 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 110,588 samples	9x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	46x
520 Series 180GBIntel $132Bench 72%, 14,258 samples	30x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	26x

RAM
HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 28%, 12,200 samples	36x
HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 13,765 samples	32x
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 25,458 samples	28x

Value: 49% - Average

Total price: $227

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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16