Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 50.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	34.4% 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)
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 8 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.

Very high background CPU (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (50^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 650-$70 42,063 User benchmarks, average bench 46% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	Memory 70.1 1-Core 77.1 2-Core 119 54% 88.8 Pts	4-Core 174 8-Core 194 24% 184 Pts	64-Core 207 13% 207 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 590 (SLI Disabled) 1,205 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Nvidia(10DE 0868) 1.5GB CLim: 607 MHz, MLim: 853 MHz, Ram: 1.5GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	34.4% Below average	Lighting 43.2 Reflection 63.7 Parallax 48.9 35% 52 fps	MRender 63 Gravity 17.4 Splatting 41.2 33% 40.5 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend TS256GSSD25S-M 256GB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 66 20 89 122 61 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 214 Write 82.7 Mixed 138 SusWrite 74.1 28% 127 MB/s	4K Read 8.1 4K Write 22.4 4K Mixed 9.8 37% 13.4 MB/s	DQ Read 27.1 DQ Write 22 10% 24.5 MB/s
Poor: 17% Great: 35%
WD WD1001FAES-60Z2A0 1TB 11,642 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 791GB free Firmware: 05.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 120 119 121 122 123 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	44.9% Average	Read 36.2 Write 63 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 120 55% 74.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 88% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5773CH0-CK0 4x2GB 306 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM 1333 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.3% Below average	MC Read 10.1 MC Write 9 MC Mixed 13 31% 10.7 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 7.2 20% 6.83 GB/s	Latency 101 40% 101 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 82%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

RAM
NT2GC64B8HC0NF-CG 4x2GBNanyaBench 41%, 938 samples	42x
M378B5673FH0-CH9 4x2GBSamsungBench 42%, 2,488 samples	31x
EBJ21UE8BDF0-DJ-F 4x2GBElpidaBench 40%, 1,380 samples	21x

Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $507

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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