Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.5% 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	56.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3550-$335 23,599 User benchmarks, average bench 69% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 92.2 1-Core 91.3 2-Core 161 70% 115 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 355 49% 362 Pts	64-Core 355 22% 355 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36BE) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35.5% Below average	Lighting 46 Reflection 44.5 Parallax 39.9 38% 43.4 fps	MRender 40 Gravity 40.7 Splatting 35.9 32% 38.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 128GB 128GB 7,332 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: P1111A SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 186 160 142 141 139 MB/s Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	56.9% Above average	Read 254 Write 242 Mixed 233 SusWrite 150 49% 220 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 47.1 4K Mixed 25.5 100% 33.6 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 167 DQ Mixed 170 125% 163 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 93%
WD WD5000AACS-00ZUB0 500GB 19,716 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 461GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 92 91 92 92 92 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	Read 84.8 Write 90.1 Mixed 58.4 SusWrite 90.8 60% 81 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 160% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 49%
SAMSUNG HD103UJ 1TB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 260GB free, PID 2336 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 28 28 28 28 28 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	17.1% Very poor	Read 29.3 Write 25.4 Mixed 27.3 SusWrite 27.1 37% 27.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 105% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 17.1% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273DH0-CH9 M378B5273DH0-CH9 8GB 189 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 16.3 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 16 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 54%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 58%

Gunboat

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	21x
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	16x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	9x

RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	6x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	3x
M378B5173EB0-CK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 28%, 2,381 samples	3x

Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $87

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16