Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 62.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	51.9% 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	57.2% 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.

Very high background CPU (94%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing below expectations (34^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% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Memory 78.8 1-Core 98.6 2-Core 134 64% 104 Pts	4-Core 271 8-Core 269 36% 270 Pts	64-Core 185 11% 185 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 62.6% 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: 445.87 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Lighting 65 Reflection 67.7 Parallax 60.6 53% 64.4 fps	MRender 69.3 Gravity 62.7 Splatting 54.1 50% 62 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$75 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 317 308 307 312 312 312 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	57.2% Above average	Read 334 Write 305 Mixed 238 SusWrite 311 67% 297 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 17.3 4K Mixed 3.7 40% 12.7 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 242 202% 289 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 129%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 143GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 98 103 101 101 102 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	48.3% Average	Read 67.2 Write 58.8 Mixed 47 SusWrite 101 50% 68.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 029E CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 KHX1600C9D3/4GX 029E CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	41.8% Average	MC Read 14 MC Write 16.8 MC Mixed 14.8 43% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 10.9 24% 8.33 GB/s	Latency 82.9 48% 82.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 52%

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	95x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	58x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	55x

Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $1,003

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16