Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	49.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	41.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Memory 97.1 1-Core 109 2-Core 212 81% 139 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 362 48% 362 Pts	64-Core 370 23% 370 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.5% Average	Lighting 60.9 Reflection 67.1 Parallax 59 50% 62.3 fps	MRender 72.2 Gravity 58.4 Splatting 53.5 49% 61.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force 3 90GB-$242 1,943 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 74 77 78 78 76 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	41.4% Average	Read 153 Write 90.4 Mixed 116 SusWrite 76.6 24% 109 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 41.8 4K Mixed 23.4 82% 28.3 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 90.2 DQ Mixed 105 82% 114 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 56%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 553GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 112 112 111 113 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 109 Write 110 Mixed 71.4 SusWrite 112 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 181% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 62%
Seagate BUP Slim RD 1TB 3,837 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 876GB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 130 127 126 129 130 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Read 103 Write 128 Mixed 76.1 SusWrite 128 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 218% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 2400 C11 2x4GB 787 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	69.4% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 21.4 68% 24 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 19.4 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 50 80% 50 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 82%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 61%

Destroyer

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	1,322x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples	1,139x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	1,040x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	820x
Virtual NVMe Disk 64GBVmwareBench 62%, 2,103 samples	455x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	424x

Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $325

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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