Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 51.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	2.01% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	77.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2520M-$34 45,308 User benchmarks, average bench 48% CPU, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	Memory 79.8 1-Core 65.8 2-Core 113 54% 86.1 Pts	4-Core 135 8-Core 147 19% 141 Pts	64-Core 175 11% 175 Pts
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 59%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Mobile V2 1.3 GHz) 110,588 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Legend(17AA 21DA) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	2.01% Terrible	Lighting 2.23 Reflection 3.08 Parallax 1.56 2% 2.29 fps	MRender 2.67 Gravity 1.27 Splatting 4.22 2% 2.72 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 2.01% Great: 2%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 287GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 350 362 364 378 367 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Read 445 Write 320 Mixed 328 SusWrite 358 81% 363 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 44.7 4K Mixed 22 88% 30.2 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 223 173% 238 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B1G73QH0-YK0 M471B5273DH0-CH9 12GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.6% Poor	MC Read 9.5 MC Write 9.4 MC Mixed 8.6 26% 9.17 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 9.7 SC Mixed 9.1 26% 8.93 GB/s	Latency 80.9 49% 80.9 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 48%

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

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HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16