Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	3.49% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (51^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% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Memory 86.5 1-Core 85.2 2-Core 144 64% 105 Pts	4-Core 247 8-Core 246 33% 246 Pts	64-Core 248 15% 248 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 430 22,369 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 3534) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 331.65 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	3.49% Terrible	Lighting 4.3 Reflection 4.96 Parallax 3.41 4% 4.22 fps	MRender 5.71 Gravity 4.47 Splatting 3.09 4% 4.42 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.49% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521A Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 99.9 Write 95.2 Mixed 103 22% 99.2 MB/s	4K Read 11.9 4K Write 52.9 4K Mixed 21 73% 28.6 MB/s	DQ Read 74.2 DQ Write 79.8 DQ Mixed 15.6 29% 56.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% Great: 73%
WD WD20EURS-63S48Y0 2TB 12,928 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 74 75 74 74 74 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	41.3% Average	Read 69.8 Write 70 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 74 50% 67.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 77%
WD 3200JB External 320GB 101 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 23GB free, PID 0901 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 25 25 25 25 25 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	16% Very poor	Read 28 Write 22.8 Mixed 22 SusWrite 24.8 33% 24.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 104% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 16% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Transcend JM1333KLN-4G 4x4GB 463 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	50.4% Above average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 16.1 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 14.7 SC Mixed 15.8 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 54%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 25%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	29x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	27x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	18x

Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $384

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