Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Speed boat


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 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 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	71.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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 i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 1.6 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 111 2-Core 207 81% 138 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 431 58% 435 Pts	64-Core 439 27% 439 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Lighting 79.3 Reflection 78 Parallax 75.8 65% 77.7 fps	MRender 72.6 Gravity 73.3 Splatting 74.7 60% 73.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 215 209 199 192 195 193 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Read 335 Write 235 Mixed 259 SusWrite 200 58% 257 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 63.2 4K Mixed 36.5 126% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 146 111% 151 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 23GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 229 157 151 143 137 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Read 410 Write 372 Mixed 326 SusWrite 196 73% 326 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 74.8 4K Mixed 46.2 156% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 44.8 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 60.4 52% 73 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 717GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 124 121 117 132 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Read 108 Write 113 Mixed 62.4 SusWrite 120 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 75%

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 (98^th percentile)	63% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 20.3 62% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 19.2 54% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 62%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 33%

Sail boat

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 25%

Raft

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	10x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	7x
99U5471-012.A00LF 4x4GBKingstonBench 49%, 1,349 samples	6x

Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $554

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