Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 71.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	53.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	66.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Memory 80.9 1-Core 88.1 2-Core 174 67% 114 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 359 48% 358 Pts	64-Core 357 22% 357 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Lighting 67.3 Reflection 66.8 Parallax 57.7 55% 63.9 fps	MRender 71.5 Gravity 62 Splatting 57.7 52% 63.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba Q300 240GB-$85 5,005 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 154 0.3 42 157 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	66.5% Good	Read 447 Write 422 Mixed 346 SusWrite 105 74% 330 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 48.3 4K Mixed 24 86% 30.7 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 191 188% 299 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 93%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 300GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 88 88 87 84 84 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	51.3% Above average	Read 91.3 Write 91.7 Mixed 54.2 SusWrite 87 60% 81.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 60%
WD WD25 00JS-58NCB1 250GB 17,984 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 178GB free Firmware: 10.02E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 59 60 58 60 59 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	32.9% Below average	Read 55.2 Write 55.3 Mixed 43.5 SusWrite 59 39% 53.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-198.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX 9905403-198.A00LF 12GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.8% Below average	MC Read 10.6 MC Write 12.2 MC Mixed 10.5 32% 11.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 10.7 SC Mixed 10.8 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 78.9 51% 78.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 44%

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%, 34,385 samples	76x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	71x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	67x

Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $985

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	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