Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	8.93% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	47.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Memory 81.8 1-Core 96.1 2-Core 188 70% 122 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 350 48% 359 Pts	64-Core 372 23% 372 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Gainward(10B0 0401) 1GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1026 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	8.93% Terrible	Lighting 10.2 Reflection 15.6 Parallax 10.6 8% 12.1 fps	MRender 15.6 Gravity 11.5 Splatting 10.8 10% 12.6 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.93% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 96 107 98 102 100 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	47.2% Average	Read 142 Write 134 Mixed 141 SusWrite 102 29% 130 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 45 4K Mixed 26.8 92% 31.3 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 150 113% 153 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 466GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 143 142 144 144 145 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Read 132 Write 138 Mixed 67.3 SusWrite 143 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 5,522 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 18 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 17.7 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 77.3 52% 77.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 91%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	53x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	50x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	48x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	20x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 2,134 samples	15x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	15x

Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $650

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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