Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


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 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 67.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	34.9% 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)
Boot Drive	57.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (34%). 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 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 above expectations (80^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Memory 81.7 1-Core 86.7 2-Core 169 66% 112 Pts	4-Core 310 8-Core 314 42% 312 Pts	64-Core 214 13% 214 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8520) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 497.29 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	34.9% Below average	Lighting 44.5 Reflection 48.1 Parallax 42.7 36% 45.1 fps	MRender 38.2 Gravity 42.3 Splatting 37.7 32% 39.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 256 204 134 145 151 128 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	Read 408 Write 337 Mixed 296 SusWrite 170 68% 303 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 56.5 4K Mixed 3.8 66% 26.9 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 194 175% 263 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 278GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 74 76 74 76 76 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Read 112 Write 114 Mixed 59.5 SusWrite 75 66% 90 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 135 147 149 147 142 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 82.9 Write 112 Mixed 62 SusWrite 142 73% 99.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 55% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-017.A00LF 99U5474-028.A00LF 9905471-017.A00LF 99U5474-028.A00LF 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	39.4% Below average	MC Read 13.8 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 13.1 39% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 11.3 SC Mixed 10.3 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 77.4 52% 77.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 51%

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: 58% - Above average

Total price: $639

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