Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	4.71% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	84.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 8 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (81^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, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 97.4 2-Core 194 76% 129 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 385 51% 384 Pts	64-Core 382 24% 382 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT 20,826 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Device(0000 0000) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 340.52 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	4.71% Terrible	Lighting 5.8 Reflection 12.3 Parallax 2.2 5% 6.77 fps	MRender 9.3 Gravity 4.4 Splatting 4.3 5% 6 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.71% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apacer AS340 120GB 5,956 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: AP613PE0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 221 84 88 85 87 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Read 447 Write 328 Mixed 329 SusWrite 159 70% 316 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 86.3 4K Mixed 35.6 146% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 197 171% 251 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 13GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 74 76 76 76 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	43% Average	Read 74.6 Write 70.6 Mixed 45.8 SusWrite 75.4 49% 66.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 122% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 88%
Seagate ST3200820AS 200GB 1,565 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 186GB free Firmware: 3.AAE SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 69 70 71 71 71 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	40.3% Average	Read 70 Write 39.8 Mixed 43.2 SusWrite 70.2 41% 55.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL9-9-9 DDR3-1600 2x4GB 393 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	62.7% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 19.9 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 19 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 62.7% 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
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	66x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	54x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	52x

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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16