Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.3% 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	60.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 110 2-Core 220 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 401 55% 408 Pts	64-Core 425 26% 425 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 442.50 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	Lighting 69.8 Reflection 70.3 Parallax 62.7 57% 67.6 fps	MRender 73.2 Gravity 65.1 Splatting 56.7 52% 65 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 137 121 111 103 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 338 Write 237 Mixed 234 SusWrite 113 51% 230 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 65.8 4K Mixed 33.4 126% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 32.8 DQ Write 47 DQ Mixed 35.8 28% 38.5 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 322GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 111 111 113 113 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Read 123 Write 111 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 109 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 88%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 463GB free Firmware: 03.01A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 169 170 170 170 170 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 166 Mixed 92 SusWrite 167 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 222% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x4GB 5,347 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.7 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 18.9 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 63%

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: 57% - Above average

Total price: $1,018

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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