Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.11% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500 82,538 User benchmarks, average bench 63% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500 CPU @ 3.30GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 91.5 1-Core 96.6 2-Core 188 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 353 47% 353 Pts	64-Core 361 22% 361 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 640 34,519 User benchmarks, average bench 6% MSI(1462 231B) 3GB CLim: 720 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 385.46 Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	6.11% Terrible	Lighting 6.83 Reflection 8.23 Parallax 5.19 6% 6.75 fps	MRender 8.81 Gravity 6.8 Splatting 10.1 7% 8.57 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.11% Great: 7%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Hitachi HDS721010CLA630 1TB 13,178 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 463GB free (System drive) Firmware: JP4OA41A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 98 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 100 93 (03) Spinup time 123 100 25789858102 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 368 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 100 30 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 393 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 367 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 3801483 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 61 354811942 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 368 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 368 (C2) HDA temperature 157 153 167503921190 (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 0	73.5% Very good	Read 128 Write 128 Mixed 127 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.39 101% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair ValueSelect DDR3 1333 C9 2x8GB 2,312 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 16.6 52% 18 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 16.6 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 54%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	136x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	124x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	103x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	50x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 50%, 27,024 samples	46x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	39x

Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $332

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16