Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 73.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.85% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	95.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 (55^th 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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Memory 90.9 1-Core 88.1 2-Core 175 70% 118 Pts	4-Core 305 8-Core 435 46% 370 Pts	64-Core 436 27% 436 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 630 60,212 User benchmarks, average bench 4% MSI(1462 8A90) 2GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 405 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.85% Terrible	Lighting 4.87 Reflection 5.5 Parallax 3.59 4% 4.65 fps	MRender 6 Gravity 4.7 Splatting 3.22 4% 4.64 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.85% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$39 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 190GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 431 426 402 202 202 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 433 Mixed 425 SusWrite 347 94% 420 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 58.9 4K Mixed 39.6 127% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 255 217% 319 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 123%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 229GB free Firmware: KC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 122 122 119 121 123 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Read 111 Write 118 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 121 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 88%
ST500DM0 02-1BD142 500GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 340GB free, PID 0c25 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 26 26 26 26 26 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	13.3% Very poor	Read 28.2 Write 23.8 Mixed 21 SusWrite 25.9 33% 24.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 67% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 13.3% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-011.A00LF 9905471-011.A00LF 8GB 145 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.8% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 15.1 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 15.7 SC Mixed 15.8 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 53%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 61%

Destroyer

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	1,322x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples	1,143x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	1,050x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	826x
Virtual NVMe Disk 64GBVmwareBench 62%, 2,103 samples	457x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	427x

Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $325

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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