Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	49.8% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 114 2-Core 226 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 447 57% 432 Pts	64-Core 444 28% 444 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3283) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Lighting 75.9 Reflection 76.1 Parallax 72 62% 74.7 fps	MRender 71.4 Gravity 70.8 Splatting 72 58% 71.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.3.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 92 95 94 94 97 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	49.8% Average	Read 154 Write 115 Mixed 133 SusWrite 94.3 28% 124 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 91.5 4K Mixed 22.5 111% 45.5 MB/s	DQ Read 102 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 110 82% 107 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 61%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 224GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 86 88 88 91 90 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	Read 38.7 Write 50 Mixed 22.2 SusWrite 86.3 36% 49.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.1 23% 0.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 67%
ST310005 20AS 1TB 259 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 289GB free, PID 0370 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 28 28 28 28 28 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	15.9% Very poor	Read 32.2 Write 26.5 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 28.2 37% 27.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 91% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15.9% Great: 19%

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 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	63.3% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 20.1 62% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 19.1 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 52.4 76% 52.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 63%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 38%

Jet ski

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

Sail boat

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	76x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	70x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	67x

Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $989

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