Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% 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 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 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	30% 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	32.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Very high background CPU (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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 i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 112 2-Core 227 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 448 55% 422 Pts	64-Core 435 27% 435 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E271) CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.1.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30% Below average	Lighting 37.6 Reflection 34.1 Parallax 45.8 31% 39.2 fps	MRender 30.1 Gravity 33.4 Splatting 39.9 29% 34.5 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$52 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF300000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 102 102 130 134 135 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	32.3% Below average	Read 428 Write 200 Mixed 224 SusWrite 105 53% 240 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 0.9 33% 8.33 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 55%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 393GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 121 122 122 122 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Read 113 Write 118 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 121 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 9905403-439.A00LF 9905403-439.A00LF 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	36.8% Below average	MC Read 11.9 MC Write 12.5 MC Mixed 11.2 34% 11.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 11.2 SC Mixed 11.8 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 50%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	66x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	54x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	52x

Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $333

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16