Yes it is the fastest pc I have ever used. Definitely an upgrade. Yes I skipped i3 by going straight from pentium to i5 but right now I can only really feel the speed with the NVMe SSD. It is amazing. I recommend everyone to upgrade to ssd for the operating system. And the big 24 inch monitor is a pleasure to use. I was feeling a little blurry and uncomfortable at first but today I pushed the monitor a bit further back and now it is great. The full hd resolution is not a problem for a 24 inch. I can see the words become blurry only if I move my face real close to the display.