Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	31% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX H270F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20161122
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '17 at 21:57
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 89.4 1-Core 112 2-Core 222 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 435 56% 423 Pts	64-Core 432 27% 432 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 6157) 2GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	31% Below average	Lighting 39.3 Reflection 26.7 Parallax 33.1 32% 33 fps	MRender 37.6 Gravity 35.6 Splatting 33.5 29% 35.6 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate BUP SL 4TB 1,990 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0107 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	50.8% Above average	Read 87.5 Write 88.2 Mixed 74 62% 83.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.17 4K Write 4.35 4K Mixed 0.53 188% 2.02 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 67%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 901GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 170 1950 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 142 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 712 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 141 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 51 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 92 (C2) HDA temperature 113 109 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	102% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 178 Mixed 160 129% 172 MB/s	4K Read 1.28 4K Write 2.43 4K Mixed 0.36 139% 1.36 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB-$41 16,658 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.1% Good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 20.8 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 19.8 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 79%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 53%

Yacht

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 45%

Yacht

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	69x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	62x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	46x

Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $751

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