Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 74.6%, 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	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.

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500 82,538 User benchmarks, average bench 63% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 88.5 2-Core 165 69% 115 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 276 43% 311 Pts	64-Core 339 21% 339 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 72%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 236GB free (System drive) Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 76 102 111 102 68 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	54% Above average	Read 98.7 Write 97 Mixed 63.3 SusWrite 89.7 64% 87.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.2 62% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 69%
Excelstor Technology J880 82GB 227 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 24GB free Firmware: PF2OA21B SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 13 14 14 13 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	15.1% Very poor	Read 39.2 Write 21.2 Mixed 24.2 SusWrite 13.1 18% 24.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 106% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.1% Great: 32%
Excelstor Technology J880 82GB 227 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 16GB free Firmware: PF2OA21B SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 13 14 14 13 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	12.5% Very poor	Read 29.7 Write 21.5 Mixed 20.5 SusWrite 13.2 16% 21.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 110% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.5% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GB 11,003 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.5% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 15.9 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 16.1 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 54%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 24%

Surfboard

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 20%

Surfboard

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	18x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	16x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	12x

Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $434

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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