Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	29.5% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 93.2 1-Core 72.5 2-Core 182 68% 116 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 357 46% 348 Pts	64-Core 356 22% 356 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9480) CLim: 1236 MHz, MLim: 935 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.4.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.5% Poor	Lighting 37.7 Reflection 35.5 Parallax 45.3 31% 39.5 fps	MRender 35.5 Gravity 34.9 Splatting 30.3 27% 33.6 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 53%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Hitachi HUA722020ALA331 2TB 22,636 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: JKAOA3NH SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 94 98 70 67 91 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	Read 120 Write 106 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 83.6 69% 93.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB 11,204 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.1% Below average	MC Read 11.4 MC Write 11.3 MC Mixed 10.6 32% 11.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 11.7 SC Mixed 10.9 31% 11 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 35%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	16x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	14x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	11x

Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $466

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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