Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	2.14% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3450-$59 34,199 User benchmarks, average bench 66% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 90.4 1-Core 99.3 2-Core 197 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 374 50% 376 Pts	64-Core 382 24% 382 Pts
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz) 146,665 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 84CA) 2.2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4252 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	2.14% Terrible	Lighting 2.2 Reflection 2.19 Parallax 1.69 2% 2.03 fps	MRender 4.48 Gravity 1.33 Splatting 4.3 3% 3.37 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 2.14% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU700 120GB 3,283 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: B170206b Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 326 Write 309 Mixed 277 68% 304 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 47.4 4K Mixed 22.1 90% 31.2 MB/s	DQ Read 24.1 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 26.6 33% 55.2 MB/s
Poor: 39% Great: 82%
Seagate ST3750330AS 750GB-$137 3,651 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 72GB free Firmware: SD1A SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 59 60 59 60 60 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	28.1% Poor	Read 38.6 Write 14.7 Mixed 48.7 SusWrite 59 30% 40.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-066.A00LF 2x8GB 845 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	61.1% Good	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 18.6 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 18.1 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 62%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 25%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	58x
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	57x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	51x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	18x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	17x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	13x

Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $454

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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