Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


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 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	9% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	50.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (62%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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 i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 92.9 1-Core 95 2-Core 198 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 326 8-Core 472 50% 399 Pts	64-Core 538 33% 538 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Asus(1043 83BE) 1GB CLim: 910 MHz, MLim: 1026 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	9% Terrible	Lighting 10.3 Reflection 15.2 Parallax 10.6 8% 12 fps	MRender 15.6 Gravity 11.6 Splatting 10.9 10% 12.7 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 413GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK61K1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 137 133 133 118 65 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	Read 330 Write 112 Mixed 159 SusWrite 121 40% 180 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 35.1 4K Mixed 22.9 79% 26.3 MB/s	DQ Read 149 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 111 87% 121 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 102%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 590GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 107 107 108 108 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	Read 101 Write 106 Mixed 70 SusWrite 106 70% 95.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 62%
Samsung HD250HJ 250GB 11,393 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 233GB free Firmware: FH100-05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 95 93 96 98 97 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 99.1 Write 94.8 Mixed 55.4 SusWrite 95.8 63% 86.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 2,517 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	58.2% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 18.5 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 16.1 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 58.2% 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	39x
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) $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