Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	18.3% 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	54% 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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (47^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 above expectations (82^nd percentile)	73.1% Very good	Memory 89.1 1-Core 91.4 2-Core 138 66% 106 Pts	4-Core 334 8-Core 318 44% 326 Pts	64-Core 337 21% 337 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560 Ti-$188 42,397 User benchmarks, average bench 16% MSI(1462 2382) 1GB CLim: 880 MHz, MLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	18.3% Very poor	Lighting 21.4 Reflection 25 Parallax 22.2 17% 22.9 fps	MRender 28.8 Gravity 22 Splatting 23 20% 24.6 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 129 119 126 120 121 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	54% Above average	Read 301 Write 140 Mixed 175 SusWrite 122 41% 185 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 38.7 4K Mixed 26.2 89% 29.3 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 148 112% 152 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 82%
WD Gold 2TB (2016)-$97 5,580 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 618GB free Firmware: RR07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 143 144 143 144 144 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Read 91.7 Write 173 Mixed 86.3 SusWrite 145 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1 308% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 108%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 736GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 103 103 103 103 102 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 99 Write 93.5 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 102 68% 92 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 179% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C11 2x4GB 6,575 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.7% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 15.1 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 13.6 41% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 77%

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%, 20,667 samples	95x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	58x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	55x

Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $1,018

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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