Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	34.8% 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	47.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

PC Performing above expectations (65^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% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 92.7 1-Core 92 2-Core 185 73% 123 Pts	4-Core 351 8-Core 370 48% 360 Pts	64-Core 369 23% 369 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680-$360 38,995 User benchmarks, average bench 32% Gigabyte(1458 353C) 2GB CLim: 1267 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	34.8% Below average	Lighting 42.1 Reflection 38.2 Parallax 50.3 34% 43.5 fps	MRender 50.6 Gravity 48.7 Splatting 35.5 36% 45 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow mS200 mSATA 120GB-$100 901 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: 524ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 132 127 114 120 121 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	47.5% Average	Read 166 Write 161 Mixed 177 SusWrite 123 35% 157 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 42.9 4K Mixed 29.5 99% 32.7 MB/s	DQ Read 30.9 DQ Write 73.3 DQ Mixed 37.2 33% 47.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 81%
Seagate ST1000NM0011 1TB 6,787 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 597GB free Firmware: SN03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 126 127 126 129 128 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	73.4% Very good	Read 129 Write 130 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 127 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.1 197% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 84%
Seagate Slim BK 500GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 328GB free Firmware: 2607 SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 32 34 34 34 34 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	19.3% Very poor	Read 33.5 Write 33.8 Mixed 24.8 SusWrite 33.6 23% 31.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 117% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 12GB 85,415 User benchmarks, average bench 35% null MHz 4096, 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 16.7 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 16.9 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 50%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 35%

Jet ski

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

Raft

Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $698

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16