Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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	95.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 121 2-Core 243 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 466 64% 475 Pts	64-Core 485 30% 485 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-$275 75,918 User benchmarks, average bench 85% AMD(1002 0B36) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 26.20.13031.10003 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 97.5 Parallax 193 96% 136 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 108 Splatting 131 94% 112 fps
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 91%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 120GB-$15 37,154 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR013 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 487 Write 410 Mixed 25 67% 307 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 15.8 4K Mixed 24.6 83% 22.9 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 18.4 DQ Mixed 1.1 23% 59.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% Great: 86%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 425GB free Firmware: SS16 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 109 109 108 110 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Read 106 Write 108 Mixed 59 SusWrite 109 70% 95.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 60%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 32GB-$8 9,864 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 25GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 16 16 16 16 16 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	15.8% Very poor	Read 28.3 Write 15 Mixed 18.5 SusWrite 15.7 24% 19.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 2.9 196% 3.47 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT25664BA1339.C8F1 Samsung M378B5773DH0-CH9 859B CT25664BA1339.C8F1 Samsung M378B5773DH0-CH9 8GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 16 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 17.7 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 52%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	24x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	21x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	18x

Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $795

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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