Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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.
Boot Drive	60.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 118 2-Core 236 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 469 62% 466 Pts	64-Core 425 26% 425 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 387GB free (System drive) Firmware: S3401103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 427 424 422 423 421 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 466 Write 410 Mixed 385 SusWrite 368 92% 407 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 12.3 4K Mixed 8.7 55% 15.3 MB/s	DQ Read 131 DQ Write 18.9 DQ Mixed 25.9 32% 58.7 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 102%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 466GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 111 116 115 116 113 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Read 103 Write 100 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 111 68% 93.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x8GB 168,538 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	36.2% Below average	MC Read 11.9 MC Write 11.8 MC Mixed 10.5 33% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 11.7 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 67%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	66x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	54x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	52x

Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $333

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