Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	51.6% 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	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	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 as expected (47^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% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80% Very good	Memory 82.5 1-Core 116 2-Core 230 80% 143 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 444 60% 446 Pts	64-Core 452 28% 452 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 0974) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Lighting 63.8 Reflection 62.2 Parallax 61.1 52% 62.4 fps	MRender 73.6 Gravity 60.5 Splatting 55.6 51% 63.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 56 60 68 75 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	34% Below average	Read 57.3 Write 34.5 Mixed 45.7 SusWrite 61 37% 49.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 109% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 60%
WD WD1600AVVS-63L2B0 160GB 2,580 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 58GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 66 68 68 68 68 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	38% Below average	Read 64.7 Write 67 Mixed 43.2 SusWrite 67.2 44% 60.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 44%
Seagate ST33000651AS 3TB-$229 5,029 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 919GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 119 130 127 128 128 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	35.3% Below average	Read 6.2 Write 50.5 Mixed 29.2 SusWrite 117 37% 50.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.1 34% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 20,728 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.3% Below average	MC Read 9.8 MC Write 10.2 MC Mixed 9.9 28% 9.97 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 11 SC Mixed 10.2 30% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 76 53% 76 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 62%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 37%

Jet ski

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

Raft

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	138x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	131x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	105x

Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $364

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