Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	2.83% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	52.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (64^th 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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Memory 92.2 1-Core 92.9 2-Core 182 72% 122 Pts	4-Core 337 8-Core 352 46% 344 Pts	64-Core 352 22% 352 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 620 17,163 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Asus(1043 84E8) 2GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	2.83% Terrible	Lighting 3.67 Reflection 4.12 Parallax 3.53 3% 3.77 fps	MRender 3.05 Gravity 4.07 Splatting 2.39 2% 3.17 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.83% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 010G SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 88 97 94 58 68 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	52.2% Above average	Read 382 Write 173 Mixed 199 SusWrite 83.4 46% 209 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 69.1 4K Mixed 14.6 91% 35.8 MB/s	DQ Read 131 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 28.1 46% 89.3 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 72%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 155GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 84 84 82 84 83 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 116 Write 114 Mixed 77.3 SusWrite 83.2 72% 97.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 160% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 751GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 171 173 168 175 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 140 Mixed 73 SusWrite 172 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 27,024 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	53% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 16.5 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 15.5 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 63%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 37%

Jet ski

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

Raft

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	138x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	131x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	105x

Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $364

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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