Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.14% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500 82,538 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 90.9 1-Core 89.6 2-Core 180 71% 120 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 356 47% 351 Pts	64-Core 353 22% 353 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 545 2,995 User benchmarks, average bench 6% MSI(1462 2315) 3GB CLim: 720 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 388.73 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	6.14% Terrible	Lighting 6.9 Reflection 8.27 Parallax 5.16 6% 6.78 fps	MRender 8.9 Gravity 6.83 Splatting 9.96 7% 8.56 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.14% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$33 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 61 61 62 63 63 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	48.3% Average	Read 108 Write 100 Mixed 47.8 SusWrite 60.7 58% 79.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 68%
Hitachi HDS723015BLA642 1.5TB 3,312 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 755GB free Firmware: MN5OA5Q0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 77 76 77 77 75 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	41.3% Average	Read 66.7 Write 67 Mixed 42.8 SusWrite 76.9 46% 63.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 79%
Generic- SD/MMC 64GB 716 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 30GB free, PID 6362 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.3 11 11 11 11 11 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	7.07% Terrible	Read 17.8 Write 4.3 Mixed 5.8 SusWrite 10.4 11% 9.57 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 1.6 82% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.07% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Micron 16JTF51264AZ-1G4M1 Micron 16JTF51264AZ-1G4M1 16GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 16.3 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 14.8 SC Mixed 13.9 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 51%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 56%

Gunboat

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	94x
GeForce GT 530NvidiaBench 3%, 5,672 samples	26x
GeForce GT 545NvidiaBench 6%, 2,995 samples	15x

RAM
M378B5773DH0-CH9 4x2GBSamsungBench 48%, 2,464 samples	6x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	5x
16JTF51264AZ-1G4M1 4x4GBMicronBench 48%, 898 samples	5x

Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $278

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16