Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	37.9% 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)
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 above expectations (63^rd 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% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 95.8 1-Core 98.4 2-Core 183 75% 126 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 346 48% 358 Pts	64-Core 403 25% 403 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% MSI(1462 2775) 3GB CLim: 1020 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.20 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	37.9% Below average	Lighting 49.3 Reflection 32.7 Parallax 61.7 40% 47.9 fps	MRender 31 Gravity 50.5 Splatting 40.7 34% 40.8 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 5137 Write 5,095 Mixed 5,219 1,152% 5,150 MB/s	4K Read 300 4K Write 193 4K Mixed 220 839% 238 MB/s	DQ Read 1109 DQ Write 950 DQ Mixed 818 671% 959 MB/s
Poor: 62% Great: 110%
Maxtor STM3320613AS 320GB 3,623 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 114GB free Firmware: MC1H SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 77 77 77 76 77 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	43% Average	Read 73.3 Write 80 Mixed 47.8 SusWrite 76.3 51% 69.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 66%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 272GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 88 88 88 86 88 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	60% Above average	Read 122 Write 108 Mixed 59.2 SusWrite 86.6 69% 93.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 216% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	57% Above average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 17.6 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 16.1 48% 17 GB/s	Latency 54.5 73% 54.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 62%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 24%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 20%

Surfboard

SSD
WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TBWDCBench 98%, 74,123 samples	4x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	2x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $107Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	2x

RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x2GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 503 samples	3x
RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 52%, 7,844 samples	2x
1600 CL9 Series 2x8GBUnknownBench 55%, 7,092 samples	2x

Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $246

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16