Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.72% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	88.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB 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 as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$137 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 92.1 1-Core 93.1 2-Core 187 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 330 8-Core 466 50% 398 Pts	64-Core 463 29% 463 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6450 32,407 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Device(1B0A 9097) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	1.72% Terrible	Lighting 2.2 Reflection 2.9 Parallax 2 2% 2.37 fps	MRender 2 Gravity 1.9 Splatting 1.9 2% 1.93 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.72% Great: 2%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 401GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 257 220 224 190 189 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Read 472 Write 449 Mixed 350 SusWrite 248 85% 380 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 51.3 4K Mixed 38 122% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 233 211% 322 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 126%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B2873FH0-CH9 Hynix HMT351U6BFR8C-H9 M378B2873FH0-CH9 Hynix HMT351U6BFR8C-H9 10GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 1024, 4096, 1024, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.8% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 17.3 MC Mixed 15.7 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 16.6 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 51%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 65%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel $137Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	15x

GPU
GeForce GT 640NvidiaBench 6%, 34,519 samples	4x
Radeon HD 6450AMDBench 2%, 32,407 samples	3x
GeForce GT 530NvidiaBench 3%, 5,672 samples	3x

RAM
16JTF51264AZ-1G4H1 2x4GBMicronBench 47%, 260 samples	4x
16JTF1G64AZ-1G6E1 Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 12GBMicronBench 38%, 41 samples	2x
M378B2873FH0-CH9 Hynix HMT351U6BFR8C-H9 M378B2873FH0-CH9 Hynix HMT351U6BFR8C-H9 10GBSamsungBench 51%, 2 samples	2x

Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $277

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16