Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.3% 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	90.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 118 2-Core 238 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 471 62% 464 Pts	64-Core 462 29% 462 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% XFX(1682 9290) CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Lighting 66.9 Reflection 59.5 Parallax 83.3 54% 69.9 fps	MRender 59 Gravity 56.7 Splatting 76.4 54% 64 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier Pro SP920 256GB-$203 2,823 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 192GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 318 332 335 338 339 337 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Read 423 Write 335 Mixed 275 SusWrite 333 77% 341 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 76.8 4K Mixed 35.7 123% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 214 195% 298 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 99%
Excelstor Technology J8080S 82GB 234 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1GB free Firmware: P21OAB3A Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 30 Write 35 Mixed 23.2 22% 29.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 18% Great: 40%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 1TB-$50 17,310 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 288GB free Firmware: CV13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 188 193 191 194 191 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	Read 154 Write 154 Mixed 79 SusWrite 190 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 119%
USB Flash Disk 8GB 1,522 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 4GB free, PID null Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 15.8 Mixed 5.2 9% 10.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Mixed 0 19% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 3% Great: 24%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	58.8% Above average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 19.1 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 18.9 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 76%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 37%

Jet ski

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

Raft

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	309x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	268x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	237x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	90x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	86x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	81x

Value: 60% - Good

Total price: $581

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