Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (19th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 81 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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 56.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	1.76% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	39.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3550-$335 23,599 User benchmarks, average bench 69% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Memory 67 1-Core 88.2 2-Core 182 63% 112 Pts	4-Core 258 8-Core 324 38% 292 Pts	64-Core 325 20% 325 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz) 146,665 User benchmarks, average bench 1% MSI(1462 2111) 2.2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4885 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	1.76% Terrible	Lighting 1.83 Reflection 1.85 Parallax 1.38 2% 1.68 fps	MRender 3.38 Gravity 1.13 Splatting 3.61 2% 2.71 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.76% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 173 180 178 179 180 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	39.5% Below average	Read 158 Write 166 Mixed 150 SusWrite 175 37% 162 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 37.8 4K Mixed 16.9 67% 23.8 MB/s	DQ Read 17.3 DQ Write 76 DQ Mixed 24.9 26% 39.4 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 128%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 197GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 88 88 91 84 91 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	52.8% Above average	Read 95.2 Write 71.7 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 88.9 59% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 120% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 114%
WD Purple 2TB (2014)-$67 19,126 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 883GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 82 65 76 50 49 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	38.9% Below average	Read 72.4 Write 102 Mixed 37.5 SusWrite 63 50% 68.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.3 76% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5173BH0-CH9 M378B5673FH0-CH9 M378B5773CH0-CH9 8GB 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	29.7% Poor	MC Read 9.2 MC Write 10.7 MC Mixed 9.6 28% 9.83 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 10.4 SC Mixed 9.7 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 109 37% 109 ns

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 24%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 20%

Surfboard

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	41x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	34x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	34x

Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $624

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