Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.9% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	58.7% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 95.5 1-Core 97.2 2-Core 193 76% 129 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 368 50% 370 Pts	64-Core 370 23% 370 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT 20,826 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Asus(1043 827A) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 341.44 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	4.9% Terrible	Lighting 5.9 Reflection 8.62 Parallax 1.91 5% 5.47 fps	MRender 8.86 Gravity 4 Splatting 6.04 5% 6.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.9% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 34 37 38 37 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	58.7% Above average	Read 327 Write 127 Mixed 157 SusWrite 36.5 36% 162 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 80 4K Mixed 36.2 130% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 34.6 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 39.6 39% 59.2 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 116%
WD WD1600JS-75NCB1 160GB 10,689 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 36GB free Firmware: 10.02E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 38 39 39 39 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	22.6% Poor	Read 40 Write 40.8 Mixed 32.8 SusWrite 38.3 28% 38 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 173% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 22.6% Great: 35%
WD My Passport 07A8 1TB 5,659 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 611GB free, PID 07a8 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 20 19 20 20 20 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	14% Very poor	Read 19.8 Write 16.5 Mixed 15.3 SusWrite 19.6 24% 17.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 100% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	60.5% Good	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 19.3 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 18.1 50% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 62%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 35%

Sail boat

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	23x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	22x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	12x

Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $666

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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