Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	1.24% 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	10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 X 990-$499 4,994 User benchmarks, average bench 78% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.45 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	80% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 90.7 2-Core 178 72% 121 Pts	4-Core 363 8-Core 588 58% 476 Pts	64-Core 657 41% 657 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 5400 10,400 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Sapphire(174B 3000) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.24% Terrible	Lighting 1.5 Reflection 2.7 Parallax 1.7 1% 1.97 fps	MRender 2 Gravity 0.5 Splatting 2 1% 1.5 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.24% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST3160815AS 160GB-$46 33,785 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4.ADA SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 55 66 70 63 68 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	37.3% Below average	Read 67 Write 71.2 Mixed 43.7 SusWrite 62.6 45% 61.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 42%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 61GB free Firmware: KC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 71 72 72 73 73 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	Read 112 Write 105 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 71.9 64% 86.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 132% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 10GB 21,027 User benchmarks, average bench 31% null MHz 4096, 4096, 2048 MB Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	37.3% Below average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 11.4 MC Mixed 10.5 35% 12.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 11.1 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 45%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 18%

Surfboard

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 16%

Surfboard

CPU
Core i7 970Intel $1,141Bench 73%, 4,313 samples	7x
Core i7 X 990Intel $499Bench 78%, 4,994 samples	2x

GPU
GTX 570Nvidia $350Bench 20%, 22,303 samples	1x
GTX 550-TiNvidia $250Bench 9%, 54,392 samples	1x
GeForce GT 440NvidiaBench 4%, 14,286 samples	1x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	1x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	1x

Value: 41% - Average

Total price: $1,519

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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