Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500 82,538 User benchmarks, average bench 63% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 89.1 1-Core 90.2 2-Core 186 71% 122 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 355 47% 353 Pts	64-Core 334 21% 334 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3966) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 399.24 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 38.1 Reflection 45.5 Parallax 40.8 31% 41.5 fps	Gravity 38.7 Splatting 13.3 21% 26 fps
Poor: 30% Great: 36%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 338GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 70 93 96 93 102 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Read 91.5 Write 82.5 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 88.8 55% 75.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G 9905471-001.A01LF KHX1866C10D3/4G 9905471-001.A01LF 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.3% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 15.7 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 15.3 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 68.3 59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 49%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 24%

Surfboard

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 20%

Surfboard

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	18x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	16x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	12x

Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $431

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