Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	37.7% 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	60% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

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

PC Performing as expected (59^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 (89^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Memory 94.5 1-Core 90.4 2-Core 178 72% 121 Pts	4-Core 334 8-Core 334 45% 334 Pts	64-Core 344 21% 344 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3966) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.7% Below average	Lighting 49.7 Reflection 47 Parallax 41.4 40% 46 fps	MRender 38.3 Gravity 42.7 Splatting 37.5 32% 39.5 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300 13,412 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 137 186 115 55 16 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	60% Good	Read 340 Write 334 Mixed 293 SusWrite 107 60% 269 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 46.3 4K Mixed 28.3 96% 32.6 MB/s	DQ Read 249 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 152 134% 200 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 101%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 111GB free Firmware: 2.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 136 132 133 131 130 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 298 Write 144 Mixed 194 SusWrite 130 43% 192 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 48.3 4K Mixed 28.6 101% 34.1 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 115 100% 148 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 82%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 431GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 110 109 108 109 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	62% Good	Read 108 Write 100 Mixed 63.3 SusWrite 108 70% 94.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 19.2 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 18 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 63%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 39%

Jet ski

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	61x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	59x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	42x

Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $855

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