Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding HDD
Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 42% Speed boat	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 moderate gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 40.7%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.8% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	60.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i5-3230M-£205 19,120 User benchmarks, average bench 41% CPU Socket - U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	40.7% Average	SC Int 73.2 SC Float 78.2 SC Mixed 76.4 61% 75.9 Pts	QC Int 167 QC Float 180 QC Mixed 177 40% 175 Pts	MC Int 185 MC Float 185 MC Mixed 197 28% 189 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 47%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz) 151,356 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Legend(17AA 21F3) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4358 Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	3.8% Terrible	Lighting 11.6 Reflection 13.3 Parallax 8.6 3% 11.2 fps	MRender 9.6 Gravity 6.6 Splatting 16.2 4% 10.8 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.8% Great: 5%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSD Pro 1500 Series 180GB-£64 2,720 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 68GB free Firmware: LH6i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6081673695665 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1194 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1194 (B7) Unknown 100 100 12 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 37 46 64427524133 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1194 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 204305 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 48 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 92 92 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 204305 (F2) Unknown 100 100 194563 (F9) Unknown 100 100 56109	60.2% Good	Read 449 Write 175 Mixed 239 63% 288 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 44.3 4K Mixed 16.6 79% 27.8 MB/s	DQ Read 210 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 49.5 73% 137 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Ramaxel RMT3160ED58E9W1600 2x4GB 2,485 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	47.3% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 17.3 MC Mixed 15.8 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 14.8 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 81.5 49% 81.5 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 58%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 13%

Tree trunk

Desktop 40%

Jet ski

Workstation 23%

Surfboard

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 4%, 151,356 samples	11x

SSD
SSD Pro 1500 Series 180GBIntel £64Bench 57%, 2,720 samples	2x
MX200 500GBCrucial £175Bench 74%, 3,902 samples	1x
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston £63Bench 58%, 30,991 samples	1x

RAM
RMT3160ED58E9W1600 2x4GBRamaxelBench 53%, 2,485 samples	2x
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 24%, 5,739 samples	2x
M471B1G73CB0-CK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 52%, 110 samples	1x

Value: 46% - Average

Total price: £248

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) £35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB £152	SanDisk Extreme 64GB £94
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) £73	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB £1,065	SanDisk Extreme 32GB £25
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) £49	HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB £179	SanDisk Extreme 16GB £18