Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	22.8% 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	45.8% 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.

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 93 1-Core 101 2-Core 203 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 388 50% 378 Pts	64-Core 389 24% 389 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 265-$105 8,934 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Sapphire(174B A001) CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.12.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22.8% Poor	Lighting 27.3 Reflection 29.4 Parallax 32.5 22% 29.8 fps	MRender 26.5 Gravity 23.1 Splatting 35 24% 28.2 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 22.8% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD220 240GB-$35 12,548 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0510A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 200 202 202 203 202 MB/s Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	45.8% Average	Read 218 Write 200 Mixed 195 SusWrite 202 46% 204 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 42.5 4K Mixed 15.6 75% 26.4 MB/s	DQ Read 23.4 DQ Write 89 DQ Mixed 21.2 26% 44.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 93%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 298GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 102 103 102 103 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	Read 102 Write 98.8 Mixed 66.8 SusWrite 102 68% 92.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Value DDR3 1600 C11 1x8GB 2,811 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	34.6% Below average	MC Read 11.4 MC Write 11.3 MC Mixed 10 31% 10.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 12 SC Mixed 10.1 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 34%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i5-3470Intel $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples	1x

GPU
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	1x

SSD
S3500 Series 120GBIntelBench 65%, 365 samples	1x

RAM
99U5471-004.A00LF Micron 16KTF51264AZ-1G6M1 6GBKingstonBench 30%, 1 sample	1x

Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $151

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16