Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	29.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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.

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 i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 115 2-Core 229 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 457 61% 456 Pts	64-Core 451 28% 451 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Lighting 72 Reflection 72.5 Parallax 64.3 59% 69.6 fps	MRender 74.6 Gravity 66.5 Splatting 56.7 53% 65.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 199GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 140 141 139 142 126 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	29.8% Poor	Read 222 Write 93.7 Mixed 82.8 SusWrite 128 29% 131 MB/s	4K Read 12.5 4K Write 17.6 4K Mixed 9.9 41% 13.3 MB/s	DQ Read 14.8 DQ Write 16 DQ Mixed 14.4 11% 15.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 100%
Hitachi HTS723232A7A364 320GB 11,127 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 181GB free Firmware: EC2ZB70B SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 75 100 106 104 97 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Read 98.5 Write 92.7 Mixed 56.8 SusWrite 95.8 63% 85.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 131% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 58%
Kingston DataTraveler G2 16GB 219 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 6GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 15 16 17 17 16 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	8.43% Terrible	Read 25.4 Write 6.5 Mixed 8 SusWrite 15.7 16% 13.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 21% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.43% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.1% Good	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 19.9 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 20 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 62%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 38%

Jet ski

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

Sail boat

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	76x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	70x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	67x

Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $989

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