Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	1.89% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 105 2-Core 212 79% 136 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 418 56% 418 Pts	64-Core 420 26% 420 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V1 1.1 GHz) 8,807 User benchmarks, average bench 2% ASRock(1849 0112) 3GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4229 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	1.89% Terrible	Lighting 2.07 Reflection 3.15 Parallax 1.38 2% 2.2 fps	MRender 3.05 Gravity 1.13 Splatting 3.87 2% 2.68 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.89% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HTS545050A7E680 500GB 66,048 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 387GB free (System drive) Firmware: GR2OA230 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 214 214 60129542145 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1279 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 8729 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1266 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 99 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 152393 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 184684052513 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 7 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	49.3% Average	Read 87.6 Write 83.9 Mixed 59.9 58% 77.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.16 66% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 58%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 10GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	9.35% Terrible	Read 32.7 Write 9.71 Mixed 7.92 17% 16.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.23 4K Write 0.33 4K Mixed 0.29 44% 2.28 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 9.35% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-023.A00LF 2x8GB 274 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 18.7 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 17.2 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 54%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 40%

Jet ski

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

Sail boat

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	11x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	11x
Ultimate SU800 256GBAdata $54Bench 91%, 40,725 samples	10x

RAM
CT51264BA160BJ.C8 2x4GBCrucialBench 51%, 2,504 samples	8x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	7x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	6x

Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $391

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