Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 44% Speed boat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 40.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.59% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	55.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (48^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 2.85 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	40.4% Average	Memory 54.2 1-Core 72.1 2-Core 127 49% 84.4 Pts	4-Core 164 8-Core 107 20% 136 Pts	64-Core 147 9% 147 Pts
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 5500 (Mobile 0.95 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Legend(17AA 5021) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4963 Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	3.59% Terrible	Lighting 4.6 Reflection 9.2 Parallax 6.7 4% 6.83 fps	MRender 3.3 Gravity 4.3 Splatting 4.3 3% 3.97 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.59% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD 240GB 240GB 87 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: FW200929 SusWrite @10s intervals: 284 259 133 102 269 326 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 392 Write 317 Mixed 270 SusWrite 229 68% 302 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 41 4K Mixed 8.6 63% 23.1 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 15.4 58% 127 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 90%
HGST HTS541010A7 1TB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 300GB free, PID 1068 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 64 64 56 64 64 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	27.2% Poor	Read 60.5 Write 66.2 Mixed 17.4 SusWrite 62.7 69% 51.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 70% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 1x8GB 77,702 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	21.9% Poor	MC Read 8 MC Write 7.7 MC Mixed 6.6 21% 7.43 GB/s	SC Read 6.3 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 6.3 18% 6.43 GB/s	Latency 146 27% 146 ns
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 33%

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

CPU
Core i7-5500UIntelBench 46%, 73,655 samples	20x

GPU
HD 5500 (Mobile 0.95 GHz)IntelBench 4%, 231,498 samples	18x
Radeon R7 M265AMDBench 6%, 945 samples	2x

RAM
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 28%, 77,702 samples	9x
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 28%, 44,908 samples	8x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB Samsung M471B1G73QH0-YK0 16GBHynixBench 50%, 675 samples	1x

Value: 21% - Poor

Total price: $87

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16