Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding SSD
Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 46% Yacht	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.2%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	34.3% is a below average 3D score (GTX 1070 = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i5-2500-$164 19,907 User benchmarks, average bench 64% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	66.2% Good	SC Int 93.2 SC Float 89.3 SC Mixed 87.8 72% 90.1 Pts	QC Int 305 QC Float 323 QC Mixed 352 74% 326 Pts	MC Int 326 MC Float 331 MC Mixed 329 49% 329 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$125 40,159 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Gigabyte(1458 3747) 2GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	34.3% Below average	Lighting 107 Reflection 67.7 Parallax 103 33% 92.5 fps	MRender 75.3 Gravity 98.6 Splatting 74.2 36% 82.7 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 37%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$28 103,923 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 416GB free Firmware: 18.01H18 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ 7200 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 146 145 3700 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 164 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 30320 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 160 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 59 622264356 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 123 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 69 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	68.6% Good	Read 123 Write 116 Mixed 116 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.39 100% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 70%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 32GB-$46 3,325 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 7GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	24.7% Poor	Read 32.4 Write 24.8 Mixed 28.8 36% 28.7 MB/s	4K Read 6.04 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 2.12 241% 4.15 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 24.7% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown NT2GC64B88B0NF-CG Hynix HMT325U6CFR8C-H9 830B NT2GC64B88B0NF-CG Hynix HMT325U6CFR8C-H9 8GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	49.2% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 15.8 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 16 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 50%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 12%

Tree trunk

Desktop 53%

Yacht

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 34,962 samples	1,511x
Radeon HD 5450AMDBench 1%, 19,539 samples	234x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $155Bench 39%, 133,084 samples	228x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $90Bench 94%, 282,195 samples	108x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $65Bench 48%, 119,806 samples	61x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $137Bench 95%, 184,154 samples	52x

RAM
M378B5773DH0-CH9 2x2GBSamsungBench 46%, 1,155 samples	143x
HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 2x4GBHynixBench 48%, 1,664 samples	109x
HMT325U6CFR8C-H9 2x2GBHynixBench 46%, 657 samples	94x

Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $181

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $183	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $70
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $75	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $957	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $60	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $193	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12