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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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.

High background CPU (24%). 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 i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	72.4% Very good	Memory 88.3 1-Core 94.9 2-Core 189 72% 124 Pts	4-Core 305 8-Core 492 49% 399 Pts	64-Core 489 30% 489 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 431.36 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD3000HLHX-01JJPV0 300GB 3,057 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5G04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 93 81 87 93 104 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	39.8% Below average	Read 49 Write 64.8 Mixed 22.5 SusWrite 89.2 41% 56.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 79%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 931GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 76 72 70 75 82 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	38.9% Below average	Read 61.5 Write 45.5 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 73.8 41% 55.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 134% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 57%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 805GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 196 193 199 203 204 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 147 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 199 102% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.5 106% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 0x46332D3130363636434C392D344742524C 2x4GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 2 of 8 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1334 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.1% Average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 16.8 MC Mixed 16 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 11.5 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 49%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 61%

Destroyer

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	1,322x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples	1,139x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	1,039x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	820x
Virtual NVMe Disk 64GBVmwareBench 62%, 2,103 samples	455x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	424x

Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $325

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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