Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 56.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
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	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very 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 (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2450M-$225 51,836 User benchmarks, average bench 49% N/A, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	56.3% Above average	Memory 82.7 1-Core 21.2 2-Core 61.1 39% 55 Pts	4-Core 174 8-Core 189 24% 182 Pts	64-Core 185 12% 185 Pts
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 59%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2010)-$35 32,229 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 192GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 29 34 33 35 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	15.8% Very poor	Read 22.5 Write 32.5 Mixed 12.8 SusWrite 32.6 18% 25.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 26% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 50%
USB 2.0 Flash Drive 8GB 400 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 3GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.2 4.9 5.4 4.2 5.4 4.8 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	4.55% Terrible	Read 17.8 Write 3 Mixed 4 SusWrite 4.8 8% 7.4 MB/s	4K Read 3.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 14% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.55% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6GB 111,301 User benchmarks, average bench 25% null MHz 4096, 2048 MB Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	36.3% Below average	MC Read 13.1 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 12.3 37% 12.9 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 6.5 SC Mixed 8.8 20% 7 GB/s	Latency 75.8 53% 75.8 ns
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 46%

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 $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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