Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	16% 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	51.5% 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 (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3550 CPU @ 3.30GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Memory 94 1-Core 57.3 2-Core 178 65% 110 Pts	4-Core 322 8-Core 369 45% 345 Pts	64-Core 373 23% 373 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Gigabyte(1458 3767) 2GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	16% Very poor	Lighting 19.8 Reflection 15.8 Parallax 18.9 16% 18.2 fps	MRender 16.5 Gravity 19.3 Splatting 21 16% 19 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 16% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 24 29 40 39 60 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	Read 292 Write 126 Mixed 184 SusWrite 37.8 35% 160 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 58.7 4K Mixed 30 112% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 28.1 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 37.7 38% 57.7 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 82%
WD WD2500AVCS-6 250GB 299 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 100GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 80 78 81 83 82 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	47.6% Average	Read 85 Write 85.8 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 80.8 56% 76.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 93% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 52%
Seagate ST3200827AS 200GB-$128 2,755 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 102GB free Firmware: 3.AAH SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 40 41 42 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	24.6% Poor	Read 44.3 Write 47.3 Mixed 36.5 SusWrite 41.2 31% 42.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 24.6% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-034.A00LF 1x4GB 552 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	30.1% Below average	MC Read 10.8 MC Write 9.2 MC Mixed 8.7 27% 9.57 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 7.9 21% 7.43 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 35%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 25%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	29x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	27x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	18x

Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $384

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