Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 69.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	24% 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	78.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2300 19,722 User benchmarks, average bench 64% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Memory 87.3 1-Core 76.3 2-Core 154 64% 106 Pts	4-Core 302 8-Core 306 40% 304 Pts	64-Core 300 19% 300 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 580-$450 15,395 User benchmarks, average bench 23% EVGA(3842 1580) 1.5GB CLim: 772 MHz, MLim: 1002 MHz, Ram: 1.5GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	24% Poor	Lighting 28 Reflection 42.6 Parallax 31.3 23% 34 fps	MRender 43.7 Gravity 21.9 Splatting 31.7 26% 32.5 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 24% Great: 24%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 196GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 249 241 267 274 271 274 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Read 471 Write 455 Mixed 381 SusWrite 263 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 57.4 4K Mixed 39.9 132% 43.5 MB/s	DQ Read 35.5 DQ Write 80.6 DQ Mixed 49.8 40% 55.3 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 118%
Seagate ST6000VN0001-1SF17Z 6TB 204 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4TB free Firmware: AN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 187 188 189 190 191 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 142 Mixed 81.3 SusWrite 179 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1 231% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 119%
Seagate ST33000651NS 3TB 6,381 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 3TB free Firmware: G009 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 146 149 153 149 148 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Read 160 Write 153 Mixed 75.1 SusWrite 145 98% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 208% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8JTF25664AZ-1G4D1 Kingston 9905458-009.A00LF 8JTF25664AZ-1G4D1 Kingston 9905458-009.A00LF 8GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.4% Above average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 16.1 50% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 15.5 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 62%

Destroyer

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	42x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	40x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	27x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	12x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	10x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x2GBCorsairBench 51%, 607 samples	7x

Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $410

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) $48	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16