Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	9.75% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	59.2% 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.

PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 (99^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 110 2-Core 223 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 432 56% 424 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% PNY(196E 089C) 1GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1026 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	9.75% Terrible	Lighting 10.9 Reflection 12.9 Parallax 9.25 9% 11 fps	MRender 15.2 Gravity 11.4 Splatting 14.9 11% 13.8 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.75% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ VERTEX3 60GB 3,574 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 54 54 50 54 51 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	Read 387 Write 67.7 Mixed 102 SusWrite 53.1 33% 152 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 60.9 4K Mixed 35.5 117% 40.8 MB/s	DQ Read 105 DQ Write 65.7 DQ Mixed 67.6 55% 79.4 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 70%
Intel X25-M 40GB 1,808 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 20GB free Firmware: 2CV102HD SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 43 43 41 43 42 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	35.5% Below average	Read 194 Write 43 Mixed 69.2 SusWrite 42.5 19% 87.1 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 42.4 4K Mixed 12.1 73% 25.9 MB/s	DQ Read 132 DQ Write 42 DQ Mixed 62.3 52% 78.7 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 2x4GB 1,099 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	61.7% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 19.4 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 19.5 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.7% 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	60x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	45x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	38x

Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $599

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