Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 29% Raft


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 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	49.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

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% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 83.3 1-Core 105 2-Core 238 78% 142 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 449 61% 454 Pts	64-Core 464 29% 464 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3683) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.9% Average	Lighting 61 Reflection 58.2 Parallax 47.4 50% 55.6 fps	MRender 72.4 Gravity 62.4 Splatting 53.3 50% 62.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HDS721016CLA382 160GB 1,552 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: JPEOA3EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 30 16 16 7.8 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	20.9% Poor	Read 54.2 Write 57.2 Mixed 30.8 SusWrite 18.6 30% 40.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 100% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 20.9% Great: 52%
WL320GSA3272B 320GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 17GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 81 81 82 85 82 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	39.5% Below average	Read 54.5 Write 53.2 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 82.6 45% 61 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 168% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 46%
Samsung HD502HI 500GB-$154 24,344 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 29GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 33 24 24 17 34 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	11.9% Very poor	Read 15.8 Write 20 Mixed 14.3 SusWrite 25.4 14% 18.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.4 70% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 11.9% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G 1600LL Series 1600LL Series 16GB 1067, 1067, 1067, 1067 MHz 4096, 8192, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	28.4% Poor	MC Read 9.2 MC Write 9.6 MC Mixed 9 26% 9.27 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 5.8 SC Mixed 8.6 21% 7.33 GB/s	Latency 74.7 54% 74.7 ns

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 35%

Sail boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

Raft

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	20x
MX500 500GBCrucial $53Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	20x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	19x

RAM
CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 12GBUnknownBench 42%, 55 samples	18x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	13x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	8x

Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $616

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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