Assignments1 2
Assignments1 2
BTM 200
Wireless Adapter: D-Link DWA-582 Wireless AC1200 Dual Band PCE Express Adapter
● Motherboard: ASUS Z87-A
● Memory: 128GB SSD HyperX, 1TB Kingston HD
User Type
On a typical school day, my CPU usage varies with the activities that I am doing.
Most of the time I will be playing videos or streaming media on a second monitor while I
work. When I am not working, I play games that require a lot of CPU/GPU usage while
communication software. I am a power user, so my CPU needs to have multiple cores and
my graphics card needs to be powerful.
Standby
options)
● RAM at 40MB Hardware Reserved, 7324 MB In Use, 87MB Modified, 649 Standby
Benchmarking
I tried all of the benchmarking software mentioned in the assignment and was
memory reading, and writing. The softwares also test the CPU’s performance on 2
allows users to test not only the multi-core aspect of their CPU, but also the performance
Passmark’s Benchmark (comparing CPUs within the same total core number and
55854 in the OpenCL API GPU performance test; On their list of graphics cards, I
noticed that my graphics card (mentioned in the beginning of this assignment) has a score
of 37320. The overclocking of my graphics card must be the reason why I had received a
higher score.
One must ask the question; is it time to buy a new computer? In my opinion,
buying a new computer as a power user can be very costly. Eventually, I will need to
replace my CPU and graphics card. Increasing my memory storage capacity and RAM
memory capacity will improve my computer’s functionality. This is essential for future
software and games that may take up more storage and RAM memory.
Finally, a power user like myself should make the cost-effective decision for
upgrading the core components of the computer. Overall, my computer will be able to