Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	1.89% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	147% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing way above expectations (87^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% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 106 2-Core 208 80% 136 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 400 54% 400 Pts	64-Core 396 24% 396 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz) 146,665 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 84CA) 3GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4252 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	1.89% Terrible	Lighting 1.93 Reflection 1.92 Parallax 1.5 2% 1.79 fps	MRender 3.95 Gravity 1.2 Splatting 3.83 2% 2.99 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.89% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZALQ128HBHQ-000L2 128GB 3,299 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: AL2QFXV7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 686 188 196 196 195 196 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	147% Outstanding	Read 1,136 Write 818 Mixed 840 SusWrite 276 171% 768 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 51.2 180% 66.3 MB/s	DQ Read 506 DQ Write 815 DQ Mixed 594 469% 639 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 169%
ST316021 5A 160GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 122GB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 27 27 38 38 38 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	15.6% Very poor	Read 36.4 Write 28.3 Mixed 25.6 SusWrite 32.8 41% 30.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 63% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.6% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBXL Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 04CD F3-12800CL9-4GBXL Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GB 111 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	63.8% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 20.6 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 19.5 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 55.7 72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 64%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 24%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 20%

Surfboard

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	26x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	19x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	18x

Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $494