Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 7% 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 48.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	9.62% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	35.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (81%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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
1st CPU: Intel Xeon E5450 569 User benchmarks, average bench 47% CPU1, 2 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	48.7% Average	Memory 65.8 1-Core 42.3 2-Core 85.5 41% 64.5 Pts	4-Core 172 8-Core 332 30% 252 Pts	64-Core 335 21% 335 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 50%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% EVGA(3842 1559) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7254 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	9.62% Terrible	Lighting 10.8 Reflection 12.7 Parallax 9.03 9% 10.8 fps	MRender 14.9 Gravity 11.6 Splatting 14.6 11% 13.7 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.62% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1AA Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	35.1% Below average	Read 420 Write 109 Mixed 152 49% 227 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 4.07 4K Mixed 3.15 42% 10.4 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 92%
Intel MegaSR 2TB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1TB free Firmware: 1.0 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 147 Mixed 159 124% 164 MB/s	4K Read 1.11 4K Write 0.43 4K Mixed 0.14 69% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 95%
Intel MegaSR 2TB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1TB free Firmware: 1.0 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 138 Mixed 159 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 0.45 4K Mixed 0.09 56% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 95%
Intel MegaSR 499GB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 175GB free Firmware: 1.0 Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Read 118 Write 62.8 Mixed 75.5 64% 85.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 0.29 4K Mixed 0.17 44% 0.31 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8x4GB 5,222 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB FB-DIMM DDR2 FB-DIMM Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	19% Very poor	MC Read 5.8 MC Write 5.7 MC Mixed 7.5 18% 6.33 GB/s	SC Read 3.5 SC Write 5.7 SC Mixed 4 13% 4.4 GB/s	Latency 112 36% 112 ns
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 19% Great: 148%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 39%

Jet ski

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon 51301stBench 37%, 237 samples	2x
CPU: Intel Xeon X54501stBench 47%, 826 samples	2x
Xeon X5460Intel $190Bench 52%, 10,360 samples	1x

GPU
GeForce 9800 GTNvidiaBench 5%, 19,550 samples	2x
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 98,254 samples	1x
GTX 660Nvidia $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples	1x

SSD
CS1311 480GBPNY $31Bench 86%, 13,149 samples	2x
BX500 240GBCrucial $28Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	2x
PLUS 120GBSandiskBench 43%, 16,974 samples	2x

Value: 44% - Average

Total price: $31

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16