Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 41.7%, 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5500U 73,655 User benchmarks, average bench 46% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	41.7% Average	Memory 54.7 1-Core 75.7 2-Core 133 50% 87.7 Pts	4-Core 163 8-Core 188 23% 175 Pts	64-Core 144 9% 144 Pts
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 58%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate ST1000LM014-SSHD-8GB 1TB 16,795 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 515GB free (System drive) Firmware: LVD4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 91 88 88 92 92 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	46.6% Average	Read 70 Write 66.2 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 90.2 54% 72.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 4.3 708% 4.17 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16KTF1G64HZ-1G6E1 Samsung M471B5173BH0-YK0 12GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	38.5% Below average	MC Read 15.3 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 11.8 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 11.7 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 144 28% 144 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 50%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 5500 (Mobile 0.95 GHz)IntelBench 4%, 231,498 samples	28x
Radeon R7 M360AMDBench 6%, 820 samples	2x

SSD
SU650 240GBAdata $70Bench 70%, 47,016 samples	1x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	1x
PLUS 1000GBSandiskBench 44%, 44,528 samples	1x

RAM
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 28%, 77,702 samples	7x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	5x
RMT3170MN68F9F1600 1x4GBRAMAXELBench 25%, 10,170 samples	2x

Value: 12% - Very poor

Total price: $70

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16