Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	117% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 130 2-Core 260 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 509 8-Core 501 68% 505 Pts	64-Core 495 31% 495 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 290 287 271 277 243 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 484 Mixed 356 SusWrite 294 92% 408 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 60.6 200% 69.9 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 366 276% 369 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 124%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 298GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 152 146 150 154 153 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Read 154 Write 141 Mixed 37.7 SusWrite 150 87% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.3 82% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 22.5 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 21.5 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 54.2 74% 54.2 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 72%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 37%

Jet ski

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

Raft

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	309x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	267x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	236x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	90x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	86x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	81x

Value: 60% - Good

Total price: $581

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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