Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	37.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	51.9% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Memory 91.5 1-Core 84.2 2-Core 173 69% 116 Pts	4-Core 342 8-Core 354 46% 348 Pts	64-Core 321 20% 321 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% MSI(1462 2775) 3GB CLim: 1020 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 20.4.2 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	37.8% Below average	Lighting 49 Reflection 32.8 Parallax 61.4 40% 47.7 fps	MRender 31.3 Gravity 50.9 Splatting 40.5 34% 40.9 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 78 63 65 67 66 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	51.9% Above average	Read 366 Write 261 Mixed 284 SusWrite 87.4 56% 249 MB/s	4K Read 14.5 4K Write 31.5 4K Mixed 20 64% 22 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 167 153% 234 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 91%
Seagate ST1500DM003-9YN16G 1.5TB 5,186 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 126GB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 88 89 87 87 90 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	45.7% Average	Read 71.3 Write 41.5 Mixed 52 SusWrite 88.1 47% 63.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1TB-$580 15,105 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 194GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 22 47 67 89 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	19.4% Very poor	Read 11 Write 37.5 Mixed 13 SusWrite 56.4 22% 29.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.2 45% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	51.1% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 16.3 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 14.8 SC Mixed 15.1 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 63%

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