Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	33.5% 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)
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.

PC Performing above expectations (79^th 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)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 114 2-Core 228 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 441 60% 446 Pts	64-Core 440 27% 440 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8537) 2GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.5% Below average	Lighting 42.5 Reflection 47.1 Parallax 41.5 35% 43.7 fps	MRender 37.4 Gravity 41.1 Splatting 36.4 31% 38.3 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 36%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 433GB free (System drive) Firmware: JP4OA3MA SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 84 98 99 102 96 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Read 118 Write 121 Mixed 63.9 SusWrite 90.9 72% 98.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 51 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	62.1% Good	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 19.9 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 19.1 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 54.7 73% 54.7 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 62.1% 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 76%

Battleship

Workstation 28%

Raft

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	38x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	34x
XMS3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 4,223 samples	24x

Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $666

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16