Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 74.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	27.4% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

PC Performing above expectations (75^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-$189 185,630 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 (97^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 96 2-Core 190 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 311 8-Core 464 48% 388 Pts	64-Core 470 29% 470 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% Gigabyte(1458 226C) CLim: 975 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.12.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	27.4% Poor	Lighting 34.6 Reflection 31.2 Parallax 42.1 28% 36 fps	MRender 27.9 Gravity 29 Splatting 36 26% 31 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD10EADX-00TDHB0 1TB 12,976 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 344GB free (System drive) Firmware: 77.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 194 185 6300 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6039 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21421 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6037 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 225 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 178 178 67745 (C2) HDA temperature 110 92 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	57.1% Above average	Read 104 Write 95.3 Mixed 102 76% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.32 85% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 57%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 800 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 216GB free, PID a20c Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	13.8% Very poor	Read 28.7 Write 23.8 Mixed 23.1 32% 25.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.2 57% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.8% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT4GC64B8HB0NF-CG Kingston 99U5474-026.A00LF NT4GC64B8HB0NF-CG 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	41.2% Average	MC Read 13.9 MC Write 13.1 MC Mixed 13.3 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 14.1 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 41%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 24%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 20%

Surfboard

RAM
ACR512X64D3U13C9G 2x4GBKingstonBench 47%, 1,166 samples	24x
NT4GC64B8HB0NF-CG 4x4GBNanyaBench 48%, 227 samples	17x
M378B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 48%, 11,003 samples	16x

Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $348

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16