Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	1.86% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	132% 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	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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (53^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% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 111 2-Core 209 81% 139 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 585 59% 479 Pts	64-Core 570 35% 570 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9500 GT 27,834 User benchmarks, average bench 2% EVGA(3842 C959) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.01 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	1.86% Terrible	Lighting 2.1 Reflection 5.7 Parallax 0.7 2% 2.83 fps	MRender 3.2 Gravity 1.8 Splatting 2.8 2% 2.6 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.86% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 9,880 User benchmarks, average bench 307% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 741 761 416 397 423 431 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 965 Write 756 Mixed 592 SusWrite 528 159% 710 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 73.4 4K Mixed 37.4 138% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 407 DQ Write 451 DQ Mixed 385 302% 414 MB/s
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 541%
Marvell Raid VD 0 8TB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 127% 3TB free Firmware: MV.R00-0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 160 140 146 148 148 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 211 Write 133 Mixed 75.6 SusWrite 150 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 14.2 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 1.9 884% 6.83 MB/s
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 144%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	60.4% Good	MC Read 21 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 18.8 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 18.7 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 53.7 75% 53.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 62%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 38%

Jet ski

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

Sail boat

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	50x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	40x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples	25x

Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $713

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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