Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	53% 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	48.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	2.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111012
Uptime	27 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '20 at 14:43
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (58^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% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 93.4 1-Core 91.6 2-Core 182 73% 122 Pts	4-Core 351 8-Core 352 47% 352 Pts	64-Core 343 21% 343 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 79%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53% Above average	Lighting 65.8 Reflection 69.2 Parallax 61.9 54% 65.6 fps	MRender 74.3 Gravity 63.4 Splatting 55.8 52% 64.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 54%
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V1 1.1 GHz) 8,807 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	1.86% Terrible	Lighting 2 Reflection 3.12 Parallax 1.34 2% 2.15 fps	MRender 3.1 Gravity 1.13 Splatting 3.87 2% 2.7 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.86% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 101 121 118 120 124 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	48.1% Average	Read 378 Write 260 Mixed 188 SusWrite 112 52% 234 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 45.7 4K Mixed 21.3 80% 28.5 MB/s	DQ Read 23 DQ Write 51.3 DQ Mixed 25.2 23% 33.2 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 86%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 242GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 173 209 211 215 217 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	59.4% Above average	Read 221 Write 210 Mixed 202 SusWrite 196 47% 207 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 59.4 4K Mixed 33.4 116% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 35.8 DQ Write 81.4 DQ Mixed 46.4 39% 54.5 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 325GB free Firmware: KC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 108 122 120 121 125 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Read 118 Write 116 Mixed 50.2 SusWrite 116 73% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	59.1% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 19 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 16.8 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 61.1 65% 61.1 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 65%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	54x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	41x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	34x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	29x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	27x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	15x

Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $333

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