Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 53.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.21% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	71.9% 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.

Very high background CPU (76%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2310-$90 15,623 User benchmarks, average bench 65% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Memory 71.7 1-Core 73.3 2-Core 139 56% 94.6 Pts	4-Core 204 8-Core 230 28% 217 Pts	64-Core 242 15% 242 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 530 5,672 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Device(1B0A 90A3) 2GB CLim: 699 MHz, MLim: 396 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	3.21% Terrible	Lighting 3.8 Reflection 5.6 Parallax 1.8 3% 3.73 fps	MRender 5.4 Gravity 4.3 Splatting 3.3 3% 4.33 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.21% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA400S37960G 960GB 56,609 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 574GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK62B3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 125 224 131 211 152 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Read 380 Write 181 Mixed 275 SusWrite 198 58% 259 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 54.3 4K Mixed 27.5 104% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 215 181% 262 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 102%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 212GB free Firmware: 16.01H16 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 111 114 112 114 113 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Read 111 Write 92.1 Mixed 60.6 SusWrite 113 69% 94.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 169% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 69%
SAMSUNG HD204UI 2TB 74 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 387GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 105 105 105 106 103 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	42.2% Average	Read 104 Write 104 Mixed 48.2 SusWrite 105 121% 90.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 77% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-009.A00LF Samsung M378B5273DH0-CH9 TIMETEC-UD3-1333 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	41.7% Average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 14.3 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 10 SC Mixed 10.6 28% 9.77 GB/s	Latency 97.4 41% 97.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 49%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Destroyer

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i5-2310Intel $90Bench 65%, 15,623 samples	3x
Core i7-2600Intel $192Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1x

GPU
GeForce GT 530NvidiaBench 3%, 5,672 samples	3x
HD 7850AMD $174Bench 19%, 49,592 samples	1x

SSD
SA400S37960G 960GBKingstonBench 70%, 56,609 samples	2x

RAM
9905471-009.A00LF Samsung M378B5273DH0-CH9 TIMETEC-UD3-1333 16GBKingstonBench 45%, 2 samples	2x
M378B5273DH0-CH9 1x4GBSamsungBench 27%, 3,798 samples	1x
CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 Kingston 9905403-091.A00LF CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 Kingston 9905403-091.A00LF 12GBCorsairBench 49%, 1 sample	1x

Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $90

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