Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding SSD
Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 30% Raft	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 52.4%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	24.9% is a below average 3D score (GTX 1070 = 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	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

PC Performing below expectations (37^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 i5-2500-$135 25,620 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	SC Int 44.4 SC Float 47.7 SC Mixed 41 36% 44.4 Pts	QC Int 340 QC Float 332 QC Mixed 318 75% 330 Pts	MC Int 339 MC Float 337 MC Mixed 355 52% 344 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 75%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7850-$174 27,935 User benchmarks, average bench 26% XFX(1682 3261) 2GB CLim: 860 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	24.9% Poor	Lighting 73.4 Reflection 67 Parallax 92.4 25% 77.6 fps	MRender 49.6 Gravity 59.3 Splatting 71.8 25% 60.2 fps
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 24.9% Great: 30%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Fujitsu MHW2100BH 100GB 46 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: 00000012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 21 22 25 25 29 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	14.7% Very poor	Read 27.1 Write 28.8 Mixed 20.5 SusWrite 23.8 18% 25 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 93% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14.7% Great: 20%
Mass Storage Device 500GB 1,710 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 240GB free, PID 6116 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 27 27 27 28 27 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	15.8% Very poor	Read 31.3 Write 26.1 Mixed 25.7 SusWrite 27.2 37% 27.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 87% 1 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x4GB 58,869 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 1 of 2 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	22.7% Poor	MC Read 9.4 MC Write 9.4 MC Mixed 8.7 26% 9.17 GB/s	SC Read 3.7 SC Write 2.4 SC Mixed 3.4 9% 3.17 GB/s	Latency 519 8% 519 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 37%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 37%

Jet ski

Desktop 53%

Yacht

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

SSD
Vertex 3 120GBOCZ $116Bench 68%, 10,415 samples	7x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $65Bench 54%, 134,710 samples	6x
850 Pro 128GBSamsung $180Bench 100%, 7,626 samples	5x

RAM
1x4GBUnknownBench 25%, 58,869 samples	6x
99U5471-020.A00LF 8GBKingstonBench 47%, 423 samples	6x
1x8GBUnknownBench 31%, 47,753 samples	5x

Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $406

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $129	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $43
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $830	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $140	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12