Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 45% Speed boat	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 45.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	0.61% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	28.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 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 (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 M 520-$70 23,644 User benchmarks, average bench 40% None, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	45.8% Average	Memory 64.5 1-Core 71.3 2-Core 113 50% 82.8 Pts	4-Core 158 8-Core 160 21% 159 Pts	64-Core 159 10% 159 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 47%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz) 99,513 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Legend(17AA 21C1) 3.8GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 8.15.10.2900 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	0.61% Terrible	Lighting 0.63 Reflection 0.88 Parallax 0.66 0% 0.72 fps	MRender 1.05 Gravity 0.5 Splatting 1.26 1% 0.94 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.61% Great: 1%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNS128GG4BAAA-NonFDE 128GB 379 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: AGLA0203 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 126 129 140 140 125 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	28.5% Poor	Read 199 Write 171 Mixed 99.8 SusWrite 128 33% 149 MB/s	4K Read 11.3 4K Write 13.2 4K Mixed 10.6 38% 11.7 MB/s	DQ Read 13 DQ Write 35.2 DQ Mixed 12.1 13% 20.1 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M471B5273CH0-CH9 80CE M471B5273EB0-CK0 8GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 1334, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	23.6% Poor	MC Read 7.5 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 9.8 23% 8 GB/s	SC Read 6.8 SC Write 5.6 SC Mixed 6.5 18% 6.3 GB/s	Latency 115 35% 115 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 23.6% Great: 41%

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

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HDD

RAM

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16