Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.23% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	56.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3550-$335 23,599 User benchmarks, average bench 69% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 104 2-Core 207 75% 132 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 398 54% 399 Pts	64-Core 391 24% 391 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% XFX(1682 304A) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.23% Terrible	Lighting 1.47 Reflection 1.96 Parallax 1.75 1% 1.73 fps	MRender 1.9 Gravity 0.9 Splatting 1.83 1% 1.54 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.23% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 330 Series 60GB 2,582 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300i SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 62 65 66 64 65 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	Read 401 Write 68.6 Mixed 117 SusWrite 64.1 35% 163 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 57.6 4K Mixed 29.2 107% 37.5 MB/s	DQ Read 103 DQ Write 70.4 DQ Mixed 86.6 65% 86.8 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 67%
WD WD5000AAVS-00ZTB0 500GB 13,629 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 449GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 72 74 73 73 73 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	40.4% Average	Read 68.1 Write 66.6 Mixed 46.1 SusWrite 72.3 47% 63.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C8 029E CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 029E CMZ8GX3M2A1600C8 029E CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 117 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 17.3 54% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 17.1 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 74%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	65x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	54x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	52x

Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $333

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