Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.59% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	41.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Memory 93.6 1-Core 101 2-Core 200 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 370 51% 377 Pts	64-Core 386 24% 386 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5500 5,613 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Sapphire(174B E142) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	4.59% Terrible	Lighting 5.63 Reflection 7.58 Parallax 4.5 5% 5.9 fps	MRender 6.48 Gravity 3.73 Splatting 6.39 5% 5.53 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.59% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$28 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 130 132 135 142 189 MB/s Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	41.3% Average	Read 201 Write 114 Mixed 140 SusWrite 154 34% 152 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 30.5 4K Mixed 18.6 73% 23.6 MB/s	DQ Read 37.4 DQ Write 39.1 DQ Mixed 34.5 27% 37 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 49GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 89 88 90 90 90 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	Read 106 Write 102 Mixed 61.8 SusWrite 88.8 66% 89.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1.1 183% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 70%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 139GB free Firmware: 07.04C07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 92 96 96 97 98 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	49% Average	Read 75.2 Write 71.8 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 95.4 55% 74.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905584-032.A00LF 8GB 71 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 16.8 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 16.9 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 56%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 58%

Gunboat

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	50x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	26x
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	21x

RAM
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	16x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	15x
RM51264BA1339.16FR 8GBUnknownBench 49%, 182 samples	12x

Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $87

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