Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% 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 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	20.6% 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	65.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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 i5-2500 82,538 User benchmarks, average bench 63% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 94.3 1-Core 105 2-Core 200 78% 133 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 405 51% 387 Pts	64-Core 373 23% 373 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3205) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 419.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	20.6% Poor	Lighting 20.1 Reflection 40.5 Parallax 35.9 16% 32.2 fps	MRender 36.8 Gravity 37 Splatting 33 29% 35.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 20.6% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370S 128GB-$70 10,510 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0724D SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 88 94 146 146 146 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Read 417 Write 135 Mixed 53.5 SusWrite 127 40% 183 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 61.3 4K Mixed 30.8 102% 37.4 MB/s	DQ Read 249 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 148 124% 183 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 90%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 0GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 484 Write 460 Mixed 443 103% 462 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 68.4 4K Mixed 41.9 148% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 356 270% 363 MB/s
Poor: 75% Great: 128%
Samsung SP2504C 250GB-$29 14,402 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 233GB free Firmware: VT100-41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 69 69 70 70 70 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	Read 67.2 Write 72.8 Mixed 45.7 SusWrite 69.3 47% 63.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 9,885 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 20 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 10.4 SC Mixed 17.3 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 59 68% 59 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 69%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 36%

Jet ski

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 28%

Raft

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	38x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	34x
XMS3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 4,223 samples	24x

Value: 54% - Above average

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) $37	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