Performance Results


Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 46% Yacht	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 48%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	0.92% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	43.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (50^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 540 8,329 User benchmarks, average bench 41% None, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.55 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	48% Average	Memory 66.4 1-Core 63 2-Core 122 50% 83.8 Pts	4-Core 172 8-Core 176 23% 174 Pts	64-Core 174 11% 174 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 48%

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 215A) 1.8GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 8.15.10.2993 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	0.92% Terrible	Lighting 1 Reflection 1.15 Parallax 0.97 1% 1.04 fps	MRender 1.57 Gravity 0.77 Splatting 1.7 1% 1.34 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.92% Great: 1%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate BarraCuda SSD ZA500CM10002 500GB 7,894 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 419GB free (System drive) Firmware: STAS1024 SusWrite @10s intervals: 215 185 149 209 211 210 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	43.9% Average	Read 220 Write 211 Mixed 203 SusWrite 196 47% 208 MB/s	4K Read 15.1 4K Write 18.4 4K Mixed 15.5 52% 16.3 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 116 97% 140 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 04CB EL7YG1B1672ZG 4GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 1066, 1066 MHz 2048, 2048 MB Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	25.2% Poor	MC Read 7.9 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 11 24% 8.57 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 5.7 SC Mixed 7.5 19% 6.63 GB/s	Latency 110 36% 110 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 25.2% Great: 43%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

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) $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