Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 44.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below 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	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 (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 above expectations (68^th percentile)	44.5% Average	Memory 60.8 1-Core 73.2 2-Core 129 51% 87.6 Pts	4-Core 165 8-Core 165 22% 165 Pts	64-Core 166 10% 166 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 48%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 366GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0002SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 69 74 75 59 18 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	39.1% Below average	Read 74.1 Write 61.5 Mixed 31.1 SusWrite 62.1 42% 57.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 119% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 58%
ASMT 2115 512GB 89 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 450GB free, PID 1153 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 21 21 21 21 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	25.4% Poor	Read 27.2 Write 20.7 Mixed 23.9 SusWrite 20.6 31% 23.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 4.7 353% 5.03 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 25.4% Great: 213%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown EBJ21UE8BDS0-DJ-F 2x2GB 1,533 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 2 of 2 slots used 4GB SODIMM DDR3 1334 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	24.2% Poor	MC Read 8 MC Write 6.9 MC Mixed 10.2 24% 8.37 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 6.6 18% 6.17 GB/s	Latency 125 32% 125 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 24.2% Great: 48%

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 $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