Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	27.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

PC Performing as expected (54^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 96.7 1-Core 115 2-Core 226 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 409 54% 405 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 120GB-$25 42,924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900612 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 69 25 7.5 20 19 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	27.5% Poor	Read 304 Write 197 Mixed 164 SusWrite 37.5 39% 176 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 15 4K Mixed 7.5 18% 7.63 MB/s	DQ Read 104 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 15 52% 111 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 27.5% Great: 87%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 53GB free Firmware: 18.01H18 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 84 85 78 79 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	46.9% Average	Read 81.7 Write 76 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 81.4 55% 74.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 69%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 310GB free Firmware: 18.01H18 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 116 116 111 116 117 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	Read 61 Write 59 Mixed 45 SusWrite 115 51% 70 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x4GB 3,428 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	67.1% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 21.5 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 19.9 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 51.6 78% 51.6 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 63%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	36x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	29x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	26x

Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $280

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16