Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 63.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	77.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	70.5% 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Maximus IV GENE-Z (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 29 '20 at 15:16
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (43^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Memory 91.5 1-Core 97.3 2-Core 167 72% 119 Pts	4-Core 199 8-Core 291 31% 245 Pts	64-Core 318 20% 318 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$239 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Nvidia(10DE 21C4) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2220 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Lighting 96.9 Reflection 21.7 Parallax 80.4 79% 66.3 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 80.5 Splatting 79.3 74% 92.2 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 18GB free Firmware: 03090004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 74 48 50 49 49 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	Read 380 Write 271 Mixed 237 SusWrite 84 54% 243 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 42.4 4K Mixed 30.2 104% 33.7 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 116 93% 131 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 85%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 146 144 140 141 142 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 412 Write 152 Mixed 214 SusWrite 141 51% 230 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 53.5 4K Mixed 33.1 119% 39.4 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 183 140% 192 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 88%
Samsung HD321LJ 320GB 67 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 157GB free Firmware: BT100-15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 16 16 16 18 17 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	17.2% Very poor	Read 42.5 Write 28.7 Mixed 25.5 SusWrite 16.8 21% 28.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.4 99% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 17.2% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair ValueSelect DDR3 1600 C11 3x4GB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	38.5% Below average	MC Read 12.6 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 11.6 36% 12.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 12.3 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 56%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

Sail boat

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	19x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples	10x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	9x

Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $666

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16