Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 14% 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	17.5% 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	99.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 (12%). 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 i5-2300 19,722 User benchmarks, average bench 64% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Memory 88.3 1-Core 80.3 2-Core 158 66% 109 Pts	4-Core 307 8-Core 307 41% 307 Pts	64-Core 306 19% 306 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 550-$79 79,894 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Gigabyte(1458 22F3) 2GB CLim: 1183 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.7.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	17.5% Very poor	Lighting 18.6 Reflection 30.8 Parallax 22.1 15% 23.8 fps	MRender 28.9 Gravity 15.3 Splatting 34.3 22% 26.1 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 206GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 289 290 291 292 292 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 451 Mixed 365 SusWrite 305 90% 399 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 62 4K Mixed 44.4 146% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 366 276% 368 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 124%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 776GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 156 158 159 158 158 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 157 Mixed 41.4 SusWrite 157 93% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 157% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 108%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$80 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 54GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 54 53 54 55 55 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	44% Average	Read 98.7 Write 100 Mixed 62.4 SusWrite 54.1 58% 78.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	51.5% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 16.3 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 15 SC Mixed 15.5 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 65%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 61%

Destroyer

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	1,322x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples	1,139x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	1,039x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	820x
Virtual NVMe Disk 64GBVmwareBench 62%, 2,103 samples	455x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	424x

Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $325

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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