Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 41% Speed boat


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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 88.3%, 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	53.9% 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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 i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 118 2-Core 235 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 470 62% 468 Pts	64-Core 469 29% 469 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 88.3% 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) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7290 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Lighting 69.6 Reflection 69.3 Parallax 60.6 57% 66.5 fps	MRender 72.5 Gravity 62.8 Splatting 53.6 50% 63 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value	53.9% Above average	Read 375 Write 255 Mixed 258 66% 296 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 30.4 4K Mixed 15.6 73% 23.4 MB/s	DQ Read 33.7 DQ Write 39.4 DQ Mixed 15.1 17% 29.4 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 118%
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 33GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value	58.6% Above average	Read 510 Write 318 Mixed 383 89% 404 MB/s	4K Read 15.1 4K Write 28 4K Mixed 13 54% 18.7 MB/s	DQ Read 26.1 DQ Write 76.6 DQ Mixed 9.99 20% 37.6 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 594GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value	97.4% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 165 Mixed 141 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.29 87% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 22.8 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 22 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 54.4 74% 54.4 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 72%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 36%

Jet ski

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 28%

Raft

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	22x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	20x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	17x

Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $616

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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