Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	24.5% 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	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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 113 2-Core 223 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 447 61% 453 Pts	64-Core 454 28% 454 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 580-$450 15,395 User benchmarks, average bench 23% Asus(1043 8385) 1.5GB CLim: 782 MHz, MLim: 1002 MHz, Ram: 1.5GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	24.5% Poor	Lighting 28.7 Reflection 43.5 Parallax 31.9 23% 34.7 fps	MRender 43.5 Gravity 22.2 Splatting 32.7 27% 32.8 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 24.5% Great: 24%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 46 33 45 56 56 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	28.2% Poor	Read 52.6 Write 50.5 Mixed 52.3 SusWrite 45 37% 50.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 69%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 84GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 81 81 82 81 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	45.9% Average	Read 78.4 Write 89.1 Mixed 68 SusWrite 81.2 59% 79.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 155% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 67%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 173 171 172 173 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 162 Mixed 70.4 SusWrite 172 105% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1 221% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-107.A02LF 4x2GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	62.9% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 19.6 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 19.2 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 52.4 76% 52.4 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 63%

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	60x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	45x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	38x

Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $599

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