Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.89% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	61% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 88.9 1-Core 94.6 2-Core 183 72% 122 Pts	4-Core 324 8-Core 467 50% 396 Pts	64-Core 465 29% 465 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 520 16,336 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Asus(1043 83A0) 1GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 300 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.46 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	1.89% Terrible	Lighting 2.33 Reflection 2.81 Parallax 1.81 2% 2.32 fps	MRender 2.67 Gravity 2.27 Splatting 2.04 2% 2.33 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.89% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 120GB 3,401 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: 501ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 113 122 121 121 118 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	61% Good	Read 390 Write 142 Mixed 180 SusWrite 119 46% 207 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 47.4 4K Mixed 28.4 100% 33.6 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 156 119% 162 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 81%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$33 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 153GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 88 88 90 89 90 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	45.4% Average	Read 69.3 Write 68.5 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 88.7 52% 70.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905402-412.A00LF 4x2GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	48.2% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 15.1 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 15.6 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 62%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

Sail boat

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	22x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples	18x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	15x

Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $512

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16