Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 46% Yacht	Workstation 0% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 49.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.19% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3 550-$110 19,058 User benchmarks, average bench 47% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	49.8% Average	Memory 72.3 1-Core 79.5 2-Core 123 56% 91.6 Pts	4-Core 160 8-Core 160 22% 160 Pts	64-Core 180 11% 180 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% MSI(1462 2130) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.740.0.0 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.19% Terrible	Lighting 1.3 Reflection 2.65 Parallax 2.72 1% 2.22 fps	MRender 2.1 Gravity 0.9 Splatting 2.13 1% 1.71 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.19% Great: 1%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 396GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 13 22 14 23 16 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	8.88% Terrible	Read 13.5 Write 13 Mixed 9.7 SusWrite 17.5 10% 13.4 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 13% 0.07 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 8.88% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
FE02FE02 EBJ21UE8BDF0-DJ-F 2C802C80 8JTF25664AZ-1G4D1 EBJ21UE8BDF0-DJ-F 2C802C80 8JTF25664AZ-1G4D1 8GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	27% Poor	MC Read 8.2 MC Write 8.2 MC Mixed 11.5 27% 9.3 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 4.3 SC Mixed 6.6 18% 6.2 GB/s	Latency 96.3 42% 96.3 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 27% Great: 28%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 13%

Tree trunk

Desktop 65%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 11%

Tree trunk

CPU
Xeon X3430IntelBench 61%, 4,096 samples	12x
Core i3 550Intel $110Bench 47%, 19,058 samples	5x

GPU
GTX 560 TiNvidia $188Bench 16%, 42,397 samples	15x
R7 240AMDBench 5%, 58,337 samples	2x

SSD
SSD_M.2_240GB_InnovationIT 240GBBench 71%, 33 samples	8x
240GB_Innovation 240GBSsd_m.2_Bench 10%, 1 sample	1x

RAM
HMT351U6EFR8C-PB HMT351U6EFR8C-PB HMT351U6EFR8C-PB 0207 51264T133I0000SAM0 16GBAD80AD80Bench 36%, 9 samples	9x
HMT351U6EFR8C-PB HMT351U6EFR8C-PB 0207 51264T133I0000SAM0 HMT351U6EFR8C-PB 16GBAD80AD80Bench 40%, 6 samples	6x
HMT351U6EFR8C-PB 2x4GBAD80AD80Bench 35%, 17 samples	1x

Value: 21% - Poor

Total price: $188

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16