Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	24.1% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600K CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.8 GHz, turbo 6.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	80% Very good	Memory 95.8 1-Core 106 2-Core 200 79% 134 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 524 54% 436 Pts	64-Core 586 36% 586 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 580-$450 15,395 User benchmarks, average bench 23% EVGA(3842 1584) 3GB CLim: 772 MHz, MLim: 1002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	24.1% Poor	Lighting 28.2 Reflection 43 Parallax 31.4 23% 34.2 fps	MRender 42.8 Gravity 21.9 Splatting 32.1 26% 32.3 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 24.1% Great: 24%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Momentus XT 7200 RPM 2.5" 750GB-$55 8,365 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 575GB free (System drive) Firmware: SM12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 79 82 77 83 81 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	49% Average	Read 91.2 Write 76.2 Mixed 69.2 SusWrite 79.4 58% 79 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 63%
Hitachi HDT722516DLA380 165GB-$32 1,600 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 4GB free Firmware: V43OA9BA SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 60 60 60 60 59 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	34.5% Below average	Read 60 Write 58.7 Mixed 36.5 SusWrite 59.8 40% 53.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.5 107% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 35%
SanDisk U3 Titanium 8GB 156 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 4GB free, PID 5408 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 13 13 13 13 13 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	8.93% Terrible	Read 29.8 Write 12 Mixed 7 SusWrite 12.7 18% 15.4 MB/s	4K Read 7.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 29% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.93% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 7,771 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	58.1% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 18.2 56% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 19.2 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 54.5 73% 54.5 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 79%

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

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	44x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 50%, 23,732 samples	43x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	38x

Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $665

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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