Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	8.19% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	96.4% 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.

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500 82,538 User benchmarks, average bench 63% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 93 1-Core 99.5 2-Core 187 75% 126 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 364 49% 368 Pts	64-Core 367 23% 367 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 25,436 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Asus(1043 8365) 1GB CLim: 783 MHz, MLim: 902 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	8.19% Terrible	Lighting 9.53 Reflection 11.2 Parallax 8.03 8% 9.6 fps	MRender 12.8 Gravity 9.83 Splatting 10.7 9% 11.1 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.19% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 270 268 278 275 269 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 459 Mixed 369 SusWrite 277 88% 394 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 61.5 4K Mixed 43.8 140% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 391 DQ Write 357 DQ Mixed 372 280% 373 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 466GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 132 132 132 132 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	74.3% Very good	Read 131 Write 126 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 128 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1 162% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 88%
Seagate ST1000VM002-1CT162 1TB 39,407 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 642GB free Firmware: SC11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 136 134 137 137 134 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Read 142 Write 140 Mixed 68.4 SusWrite 132 88% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5673EH1-CH9 Kingston 9905471-001.A00LF M378B5673EH1-CH9 Kingston 9905471-001.A00LF 8GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 16.8 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 17.1 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 54%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Destroyer

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	73x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	51x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	46x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	33x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	22x
WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GBWDCBench 93%, 97,462 samples	20x

RAM
Performance DDR3 1333 C9 4x2GBG.SKILLBench 47%, 77 samples	12x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	9x
99U5471-012.A00LF 2x4GBKingstonBench 48%, 7,477 samples	8x

Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $229

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16