Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	16.9% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing above expectations (80^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% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 90.3 1-Core 102 2-Core 206 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 393 53% 396 Pts	64-Core 392 24% 392 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6870 25,443 User benchmarks, average bench 15% Sapphire(174B 174B) 1GB Driver: aticfx32.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	16.9% Very poor	Lighting 22.7 Reflection 15.7 Parallax 19.8 18% 19.4 fps	MRender 13.2 Gravity 15.8 Splatting 20 14% 16.3 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 16.9% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 264GB free (System drive) Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 92 92 98 110 111 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	50% Above average	Read 79.5 Write 95.2 Mixed 60.2 SusWrite 95 61% 82.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.5 95% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 241GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 113 112 112 114 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Read 124 Write 125 Mixed 67.3 SusWrite 112 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 70%
WD My Book 1140 3TB 6,710 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 165GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 89 89 84 90 90 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	42.6% Average	Read 114 Write 116 Mixed 85 SusWrite 88.7 136% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 99% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	61.6% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 20.4 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 18.3 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 63%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 38%

Jet ski

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

Sail boat

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	95x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	58x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	55x

Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $1,003

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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