Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	27.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	26.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3550-$335 23,599 User benchmarks, average bench 69% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 86.4 1-Core 98.1 2-Core 193 73% 126 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 384 52% 385 Pts	64-Core 389 24% 389 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670-$435 47,610 User benchmarks, average bench 28% Asus(1043 841A) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (48^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	27.5% Poor	Lighting 31.5 Reflection 32.5 Parallax 40 26% 34.7 fps	MRender 46 Gravity 36.5 Splatting 33.2 31% 38.6 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 27.5% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Crucial BX500 240GB-$29 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 218 66 39 47 34 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	26.4% Poor	Read 250 Write 233 Mixed 12.2 SusWrite 94.8 33% 148 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 6.8 4K Mixed 0.4 40% 10.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 26.4% Great: 92%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 496GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 142 143 143 143 142 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Read 143 Write 142 Mixed 96 SusWrite 141 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 206% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 109%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 461GB free Firmware: 18.01H18 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 121 Write 114 Mixed 63 74% 99.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 24% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Ramaxel RM51264BA1339.16FM 2x4GB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 17.2 53% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 16.6 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 54%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 36%

Jet ski

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 28%

Raft

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	14x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBKingstonBench 54%, 1,969 samples	5x
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 58%, 7,298 samples	5x

Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $227

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