Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


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 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 70.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.6% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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 i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	70.2% Very good	Memory 81.3 1-Core 95.6 2-Core 172 68% 116 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 461 49% 391 Pts	64-Core 469 29% 469 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 430 22,369 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 230A) 2GB CLim: 730 MHz, MLim: 333 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	3.6% Terrible	Lighting 4.5 Reflection 5.23 Parallax 3.56 4% 4.43 fps	MRender 5.57 Gravity 4.37 Splatting 3.22 3% 4.39 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.6% Great: 4%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50 72,924 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 425GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1AJ10101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 71 77 88 94 67 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Read 99.3 Write 120 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 80.3 67% 90.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4GBH2X02E99924-165 4GBH2X02E99924-165 4GBH2X02E99924-165 4GBH2X02E99924-165 16GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	49.3% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 17.3 MC Mixed 15.4 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 17.1 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 78.2 51% 78.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 59%

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	1,051x

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 $40	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