Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 59.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Boot Drive	48.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Lenovo ThinkServer RD540 (all builds)
Motherboard	LENOVO ThinkServer RD540
Memory	24.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20190517
Uptime	7.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 21 '20 at 13:02
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2609 v2 410 User benchmarks, average bench 60% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Memory 75.5 1-Core 33.4 2-Core 102 44% 70.1 Pts	4-Core 257 8-Core 246 34% 252 Pts	64-Core 275 17% 275 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 65%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
LSI MR9240-8i 240GB 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 205 218 231 259 266 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	48.7% Average	Read 235 Write 150 Mixed 175 SusWrite 229 44% 197 MB/s	4K Read 15.5 4K Write 29.4 4K Mixed 16.9 61% 20.6 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 112 93% 137 MB/s

LSI MR9240-8i 3TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 513GB free Firmware: 2.13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.8 9.4 6.7 7.8 8.3 8.4 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	12.3% Very poor	Read 34.5 Write 24.3 Mixed 23.8 SusWrite 8.2 17% 22.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0 24% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 12.3% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M393B1G73BH0-YK0 M393B1K70DH0-YK0 M393B1K70DH0-YK0 M393B1K70DH0-YK0 32GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	72.2% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 27.7 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 5.2 SC Mixed 7.7 22% 7.67 GB/s	Latency 89.2 45% 89.2 ns

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

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GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16