Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$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)	89% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 119 2-Core 239 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 469 64% 473 Pts	64-Core 477 30% 477 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 590-$200 122,060 User benchmarks, average bench 57% Sapphire(1DA2 E366); Sapphire Radeon RX 590 NITRO+ Special Edition CLim: 1560 MHz, MLim: 2100 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.1.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Lighting 80.3 Reflection 79 Parallax 112 65% 90.4 fps	MRender 74.3 Gravity 82.1 Splatting 63 59% 73.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 225GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6421 Write 5669 Mixed 6,030 1,348% 6,040 MB/s	4K Read 395 4K Write 247 4K Mixed 304 1,118% 315 MB/s	DQ Read 1,445 DQ Write 1,336 DQ Mixed 395 569% 1,058 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 664GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 114 115 114 114 113 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	47.5% Average	Read 51.9 Write 101 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 113 61% 82.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 168% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 68%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 452GB free Firmware: CR100-10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 79 79 80 80 80 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	46% Average	Read 80.4 Write 34 Mixed 41.7 SusWrite 79.7 43% 59 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 153% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-198.A00LF 2x4GB 1,746 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	63.2% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 19.7 61% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 19.2 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 63%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 36%

Jet ski

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 28%

Raft

RAM
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 54%, 12,350 samples	19x
Team--Elite-1333 2x4GBTeamBench 46%, 1,562 samples	12x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	10x

Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $555

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