Samsung M300A2A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 5%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 64%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 4%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics1.85% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot DriveThe 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.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemSamsung M300A2A  (all builds)
MotherboardSAMSUNG SAMSUNG_DT1234567890
Memory13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20120413
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 08 '20 at 18:36
Run Duration107 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing above expectations (80th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-3570
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
74.6% Very good
Memory 80.7
1-Core 105
2-Core 206
74% 131 Pts
4-Core 396
8-Core 394
53% 395 Pts
64-Core 399
25% 399 Pts
Poor: 50%
This bench: 74.6%
Great: 75%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)
Sanyo(144D B089) 2GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4252
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
1.85% Terrible
Lighting 1.9
Reflection 1.85
Parallax 1.41
2% 1.72 fps
MRender 3.81
Gravity 1.17
Splatting 3.7
2% 2.89 fps
Poor: 1%
This bench: 1.85%
Great: 2%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32
418GB free (System drive)
Firmware: JC45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 36 109 103 91 115 MB/s
Performing above expectations (68th percentile)
61.4% Good
Read 124
Write 118
Mixed 68.2
SusWrite 90.2
73% 99.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 1
176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 61.4%
Great: 70%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HP691160-H65-MCN HP691160-H66-MCN 16GB
1600, 1600 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
58.5% Above average
MC Read 21.6
MC Write 21.7
MC Mixed 18.2
59% 20.5 GB/s
SC Read 17.7
SC Write 17.7
SC Mixed 18.1
51% 17.8 GB/s
Latency 79.2
50% 79.2 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 58.5%
Great: 60%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical M300A2A Builds (Compare 11 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 6%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 51%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk

System: Samsung M300A2A

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 37% - Below average Total price: $54
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