Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	29.4% 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	42% 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110513
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 07 '20 at 23:12
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (45^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% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	75% Very good	Memory 91.8 1-Core 89 2-Core 177 71% 119 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 341 45% 339 Pts	64-Core 341 21% 341 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Sapphire(174B A003) CLim: 940 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 20.2.2 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.4% Poor	Lighting 37.7 Reflection 27.3 Parallax 49.9 31% 38.3 fps	MRender 26.2 Gravity 36.8 Splatting 33.8 27% 32.3 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 157 116 116 94 107 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	42% Average	Read 182 Write 198 Mixed 178 SusWrite 132 39% 172 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 35.1 4K Mixed 23.9 78% 25.9 MB/s	DQ Read 25.9 DQ Write 78.7 DQ Mixed 35.6 32% 46.7 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 107%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 136GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 99 101 103 102 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 110 Write 108 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 101 70% 95.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 199% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 16 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 15.5 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 65%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 35%

Jet ski

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

Raft

Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $546

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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