Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	2.58% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 (99^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 115 2-Core 225 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 434 57% 428 Pts	64-Core 451 28% 451 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V1 1.1 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 844D) 2.2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	2.58% Terrible	Lighting 2.83 Reflection 4.27 Parallax 1.91 2% 3 fps	MRender 4.1 Gravity 1.53 Splatting 5.22 3% 3.62 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.58% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Neutron 128GB-$90 711 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: M306 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 201 Write 207 Mixed 212 46% 207 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 67.5 4K Mixed 22.4 95% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 167 DQ Mixed 169 130% 177 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 83%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 455GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 114 116 115 114 115 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Read 96.5 Write 94.5 Mixed 81.3 SusWrite 114 72% 96.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.8 168% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 2,290 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 19 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 17.8 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 63%

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	65x
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 $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