Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 56.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is 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	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (65%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4150-$42 36,627 User benchmarks, average bench 55% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	Memory 65.7 1-Core 50.4 2-Core 180 54% 98.6 Pts	4-Core 278 8-Core 279 37% 279 Pts	64-Core 280 17% 280 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 68%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2009)-$50 31,419 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 454GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 74 74 75 71 74 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	40.4% Average	Read 66.7 Write 54.1 Mixed 41.3 SusWrite 73.7 43% 58.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 43%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 16GB-$8 10,598 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 8GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 12 10 10 10 11 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	25.6% Poor	Read 96.3 Write 39.8 Mixed 50.6 SusWrite 15.4 58% 50.5 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 3.4 212% 3.57 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 25.6% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5595-001.A00LF 2x2GB 179 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.2% Poor	MC Read 10.2 MC Write 9.4 MC Mixed 7.8 26% 9.13 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 10.5 SC Mixed 8.5 23% 8.17 GB/s	Latency 112 36% 112 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 59%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 66%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	277x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	168x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	125x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	61x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	56x
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	28x

Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $334

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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16