Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 44%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
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	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 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing below expectations (28^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 L5520 246 User benchmarks, average bench 57% Proc 1, 2 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.25 GHz, turbo 2.25 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	44% Average	Memory 55 1-Core 41 2-Core 85.3 37% 60.4 Pts	4-Core 178 8-Core 364 32% 271 Pts	64-Core 599 37% 599 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 67%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
HP LOGICAL VOLUME 1.5TB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1.5TB free Firmware: 3.52 Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 35% Great: 101%
HP LOGICAL VOLUME 500GB 387 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 389GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.52 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 118 Write 79 Mixed 101 75% 99.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.33 76% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M393B5170EH1-CH9 4x4GB 60 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 18 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.9% Below average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 11.7 MC Mixed 11.1 35% 12.3 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 4.4 SC Mixed 6.6 18% 6.43 GB/s	Latency 143 28% 143 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 91%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 20%

Surfboard

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon X56501stBench 64%, 7,756 samples	5x
CPU: Intel Xeon E55041stBench 50%, 485 samples	2x
Xeon X5650IntelBench 70%, 13,757 samples	1x

SSD
SSD Pro 1500 Series 180GBIntel $209Bench 69%, 7,834 samples	2x
860 QVO 1TBSamsung $109Bench 89%, 201,200 samples	2x
Agility 3 120GBOCZ $102Bench 49%, 38,562 samples	1x

RAM
F7256R61F9333G 16x2GBSamsungBench 33%, 3 samples	1x
36JSZF51272PZ1G4F 6x4GBMicronBench 54%, 20 samples	1x
HMT325R7BFR8C-H9 12x2GBHynixBench 37%, 2 samples	1x

Value: 29% - Poor

Total price: $268

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