Intel E5 M2L-8D

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.09% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	190% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.

Motherboard	Intel E5 M2L-8D (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190618
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '20 at 11:20
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	ARE-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (58^th 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 E5-2690 0 2,388 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 2 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Memory 82.1 1-Core 97.4 2-Core 184 70% 121 Pts	4-Core 339 8-Core 680 60% 509 Pts	64-Core 1,729 107% 1,729 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Sapphire(174B E164) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.09% Terrible	Lighting 1.33 Reflection 1.42 Parallax 1.59 1% 1.45 fps	MRender 1.57 Gravity 0.9 Splatting 1.48 1% 1.32 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.09% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$73 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 738GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR020 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1298 1304 1315 1289 1300 1291 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	190% Outstanding	Read 1,140 Write 1,266 Mixed 1,001 SusWrite 1,299 266% 1,177 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 75.8 4K Mixed 42.6 141% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 567 DQ Write 406 DQ Mixed 312 280% 428 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 190% Great: 295%
Samsung MZ7PD256HAFV-000H7 256GB 3,736 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 207GB free Firmware: DXM05H6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 437 439 436 437 435 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Read 462 Write 436 Mixed 333 SusWrite 437 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 44.1 4K Mixed 26.2 92% 31.1 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 145 164% 280 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 108%
WD Blue 2.5" 750GB (2013)-$100 1,047 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 343GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 89 89 90 91 91 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Read 106 Write 100 Mixed 55.5 SusWrite 89.7 64% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 60%
Toshiba MK5061GSYN 500GB-$75 5,635 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 466GB free Firmware: MH000D SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 103 104 104 104 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Read 93.6 Write 90.2 Mixed 30 SusWrite 104 58% 79.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 56%
Samsung HN-M500MBB 500GB-$80 4,322 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 99GB free Firmware: 2AR10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 65 66 66 66 66 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	37.2% Below average	Read 63.2 Write 43 Mixed 41.4 SusWrite 66.1 39% 53.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M393B1K70DH0- M393B1K70QB0- 16GB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1866, 1866 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.8% Below average	MC Read 12.6 MC Write 11 MC Mixed 11 33% 11.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 7.2 24% 8.3 GB/s	Latency 76.8 52% 76.8 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 94%

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Gaming 56%

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Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 64%

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Motherboard: Intel E5 M2L-8D

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2689 01stBench 66%, 461 samples	12x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2690 01stBench 68%, 2,388 samples	9x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2697 v21stBench 64%, 772 samples	8x

GPU
RX Vega-56AMD $170Bench 78%, 92,053 samples	8x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	7x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	7x

SSD
M.2 PCIe SSD 512GBSpccBench 203%, 29,096 samples	5x
IND-S325S/512G 512GBBench 67%, 64 samples	4x
TOSHIBA 512GBThnsf5512gpukBench 121%, 1,826 samples	4x

RAM
HMT151R7BFR4C 4x4GBHynixBench 67%, 393 samples	8x
HMT42GR7MFR4A 2x16GBHynixBench 51%, 50 samples	4x
M393B1K70QB0- 2x8GBSamsungBench 57%, 415 samples	4x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 109% - Outstanding

Total price: $170

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16