Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	121% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 115 2-Core 228 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 428 60% 442 Pts	64-Core 439 27% 439 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$135 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 743GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 452 439 430 429 430 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 464 Mixed 446 SusWrite 440 103% 458 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 94 4K Mixed 56.5 184% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 391 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 369 278% 371 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 275GB free Firmware: 01.01V01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 79 81 77 80 76 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Read 102 Write 97.3 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 78.6 64% 86.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 189% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 76%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 661GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 139 142 141 141 137 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Read 149 Write 82.3 Mixed 78.3 SusWrite 140 83% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 201% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 101%
Seagate ST8000VN004-2M2101 8TB 137 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 175 170 175 175 170 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 18% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 9905403-174.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX 9905403-174.A00LF 12GB 53 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.5% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 20.3 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 20.2 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 56.2 71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 62%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 36%

Jet ski

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 28%

Raft

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	26x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	17x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GBKingstonBench 60%, 17,012 samples	15x

Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $635

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