Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 13% 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	20.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (79%). 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 i5-2500 82,538 User benchmarks, average bench 63% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Memory 85.2 1-Core 91.2 2-Core 173 69% 117 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 360 48% 359 Pts	64-Core 350 22% 350 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 8422) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	20.9% Poor	Lighting 23.7 Reflection 25.9 Parallax 32.7 19% 27.4 fps	MRender 32.8 Gravity 30.7 Splatting 25.6 24% 29.7 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.9% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 535 Series 240GB-$200 9,142 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: RG21 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 303 Write 200 Mixed 284 58% 263 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 55.1 4K Mixed 30.1 101% 35.7 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 121 108% 165 MB/s
Poor: 58% Great: 95%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 949GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 127 127 132 131 131 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Read 123 Write 127 Mixed 70.3 SusWrite 129 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 83%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 379GB free Firmware: 82.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 35 52 71 71 71 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	41.6% Average	Read 85.7 Write 81.2 Mixed 51 SusWrite 58.6 51% 69.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 6,467 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	50% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 16.4 50% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 15.5 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 65%

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) $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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16