Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.6% 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	52.2% 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.

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

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 106 2-Core 211 80% 137 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 411 56% 413 Pts	64-Core 406 25% 406 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 83.7% 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: 411.63 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Lighting 68.6 Reflection 70.2 Parallax 62.3 56% 67 fps	MRender 72.1 Gravity 65 Splatting 56.6 52% 64.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Series 500GB 7,390 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT08B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 50 49 56 48 56 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	Read 304 Write 102 Mixed 112 SusWrite 58.2 32% 144 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 49.9 4K Mixed 23.7 91% 32 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 85.7 DQ Mixed 63.2 81% 151 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 89%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 208GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 90 92 92 93 92 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	42.4% Average	Read 56 Write 53.7 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 91.5 47% 63.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 130% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 67%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 128GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 60 62 62 60 62 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	39.6% Below average	Read 76.5 Write 70.3 Mixed 53 SusWrite 61.1 48% 65.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 4,223 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	60.5% Good	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 19.3 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 18.7 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 55 73% 55 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 64%

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%, 20,667 samples	50x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	39x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples	25x

Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $728

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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