Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 70.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
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.

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

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500 82,538 User benchmarks, average bench 63% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Memory 80 1-Core 45.3 2-Core 164 56% 96.4 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 328 47% 343 Pts	64-Core 352 22% 352 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 72%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Adaptec RAID 1 500GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 225GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0 Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	Read 87.4 Write 98.8 Mixed 86.7 68% 91 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 0.97 4K Mixed 0.63 103% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 66%
Seagate USB 1TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 420GB free, PID a0a1 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	10.7% Very poor	Read 23.2 Write 21.3 Mixed 20.9 28% 21.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.009 4K Write 0.88 4K Mixed 0.17 36% 0.35 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 10.7% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x4GB 154,807 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 2 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	26.2% Poor	MC Read 8.9 MC Write 8.6 MC Mixed 8.1 24% 8.53 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 6 19% 6.73 GB/s	Latency 80.6 50% 80.6 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 26.2% Great: 52%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Destroyer

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	33x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	26x
GTX 550-TiNvidia $250Bench 9%, 54,392 samples	10x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	7x
PSD34G133381 2x4GBPatriotBench 44%, 873 samples	5x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	4x

Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $211

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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