Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 42% Speed boat	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


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 53.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.84% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (79%). 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 i5-4300M-$264 13,678 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU Socket - U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	Memory 67.7 1-Core 39.5 2-Core 88.2 42% 65.1 Pts	4-Core 229 8-Core 226 30% 228 Pts	64-Core 217 13% 217 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz) 258,091 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Legend(17AA 501E) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4414 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	3.84% Terrible	Lighting 4.23 Reflection 6.81 Parallax 6.44 4% 5.83 fps	MRender 5.19 Gravity 2.5 Splatting 8.17 5% 5.29 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.84% Great: 3%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate ST500LM021-1KJ152 500GB 40,079 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 351GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 27 41 35 47 56 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	21.6% Poor	Read 40.7 Write 14.5 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 34.4 24% 32 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 21.6% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5428-018.A00LF Samsung M471B5273CH0-CH9 12GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	32% Below average	MC Read 9.7 MC Write 10.8 MC Mixed 11.8 31% 10.8 GB/s	SC Read 7.9 SC Write 11.9 SC Mixed 11.1 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 107 37% 107 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 44%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

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