Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 68.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
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	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 above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4170-$59 48,178 User benchmarks, average bench 57% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	68.2% Good	Memory 87.2 1-Core 109 2-Core 184 75% 127 Pts	4-Core 287 8-Core 286 38% 287 Pts	64-Core 285 18% 285 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 69%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Dataram S40H 120GB SSD 54 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 75GB free Firmware: V4.9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 406 400 404 406 400 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Read 426 Write 376 Mixed 317 SusWrite 395 85% 379 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 77.9 4K Mixed 23.7 119% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 173 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 35 72% 144 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 320GB free (System drive) Firmware: KC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 82 83 86 84 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	48.9% Average	Read 88.7 Write 93.5 Mixed 51 SusWrite 81.6 58% 78.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 153% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5173QH0-YK0 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 8GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1600, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	47.6% Average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 15.1 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 14 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 50%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	53x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples	46x
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	43x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	14x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	5x
BX200 240GBCrucial $36Bench 76%, 36,559 samples	5x

RAM
HMT451U6BFR8A-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 51%, 8,612 samples	17x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	11x
M378B5173EB0-CK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 28%, 2,381 samples	9x

Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $237

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