Intel E5 M2L-8D

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 58% Gunboat


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	74.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	73.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Intel E5 M2L-8D (all builds)
Memory	24.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190618
Uptime	6.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 23 '21 at 23:58
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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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
1st CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2643 v2 323 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 2 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Memory 78.3 1-Core 92.1 2-Core 190 68% 120 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 630 62% 505 Pts	64-Core 1,460 90% 1,460 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% MSI(1462 3681) CLim: 1622 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.30.23.01 Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.7% Very good	Lighting 94.2 Reflection 104 Parallax 143 77% 114 fps	MRender 86.9 Gravity 102 Splatting 74.4 71% 87.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
IND-S325S/512G 512GB 64 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 375GB free (System drive) Firmware: FW200916 SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 371 359 320 20 63 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	73.5% Very good	Read 454 Write 391 Mixed 341 SusWrite 248 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 68.5 4K Mixed 12.5 105% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 18.5 75% 163 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 95%
WDC WD20EZAZ-00GGJB0 2TB 47,517 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 159 163 162 161 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	20.2% Poor	Read 178 Write 160 Mixed 97.3 SusWrite 162 34% 149 MB/s	4K Read 3.2 4K Write 9.3 4K Mixed 0.7 11% 4.4 MB/s	DQ Read 0.7 DQ Write 10.5 DQ Mixed 1 2% 4.07 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT151R7BFR4C 4x4GB 393 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 4 of 16 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.4% Average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 11.6 MC Mixed 13.6 42% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 5.5 SC Mixed 6.1 24% 8.57 GB/s	Latency 83.7 48% 83.7 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 89%

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

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Gaming 56%

Gunboat

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 64%

Destroyer

Motherboard: Intel E5 M2L-8D

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2689 01stBench 66%, 461 samples	12x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2690 01stBench 68%, 2,388 samples	9x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2697 v21stBench 64%, 772 samples	8x

GPU
RX Vega-56AMD $170Bench 78%, 92,053 samples	8x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	7x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	7x

SSD
M.2 PCIe SSD 512GBSpccBench 203%, 29,096 samples	5x
IND-S325S/512G 512GBBench 67%, 64 samples	4x
TOSHIBA 512GBThnsf5512gpukBench 121%, 1,826 samples	4x

RAM
HMT151R7BFR4C 4x4GBHynixBench 67%, 393 samples	8x
HMT42GR7MFR4A 2x16GBHynixBench 51%, 50 samples	4x
M393B1K70QB0- 2x8GBSamsungBench 57%, 415 samples	4x

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Value: 109% - Outstanding

Total price: $170

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16