Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% 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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	13.5% 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	93.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

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
Intel Core i5-3550-$335 23,599 User benchmarks, average bench 69% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3550 CPU @ 3.30GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 104 2-Core 203 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 393 52% 392 Pts	64-Core 395 24% 395 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560-$180 23,273 User benchmarks, average bench 14% MSI(1462 2572) 1.2GB CLim: 552 MHz, MLim: 802 MHz, Ram: 1.2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	13.5% Very poor	Lighting 15.4 Reflection 23.3 Parallax 16.7 12% 18.4 fps	MRender 25.9 Gravity 12.4 Splatting 18.5 15% 18.9 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 13.5% Great: 15%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 207GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 365 216 206 199 204 201 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Read 479 Write 455 Mixed 370 SusWrite 232 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 66.7 4K Mixed 42.4 140% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 356 DQ Mixed 370 278% 372 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5773DH0-CK0 M378B5773DH0-CK0 M378B5773EB0-CK0 M378B5773EB0-CK0 8GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	61.5% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 18.9 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 18.8 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 61%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 62%

Destroyer

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	375x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	254x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	182x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	52x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	45x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	37x

Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $405

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16