Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	27.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	45.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Memory 87.5 1-Core 74.8 2-Core 166 65% 110 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 268 40% 294 Pts	64-Core 321 20% 321 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 6152) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	27.9% Poor	Lighting 34.8 Reflection 24 Parallax 32.2 28% 30.3 fps	MRender 37.2 Gravity 31.3 Splatting 31.7 27% 33.4 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V+200 Series 120GB 853 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: 502ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 87 85 82 90 86 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	45.7% Average	Read 142 Write 106 Mixed 124 SusWrite 84.9 26% 114 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 65.9 4K Mixed 26.6 104% 38.5 MB/s	DQ Read 28 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 30.9 34% 55.6 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 14GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 52 58 57 55 56 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	Read 80.5 Write 70.5 Mixed 50.8 SusWrite 55.8 48% 64.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 132% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 852GB free Firmware: HP16 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 89 85 83 90 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	63.8% Good	Read 137 Write 87.7 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 85.8 67% 91.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 28,220 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.2% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 15.7 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 15 SC Mixed 13.3 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 61%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 25%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	29x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	27x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	18x

Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $384

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