Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	31.1% 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	100% 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	18GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 18GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 120 2-Core 238 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 474 63% 471 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Zotac(19DA 1376) 2GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31.1% Below average	Lighting 38.4 Reflection 42.6 Parallax 37.8 31% 39.6 fps	MRender 39.4 Gravity 39.2 Splatting 35.2 31% 37.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M6S 128GB-$106 3,356 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 308 327 324 306 330 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 328 Mixed 278 SusWrite 319 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 84.6 4K Mixed 41.4 151% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 203 188% 290 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 100%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$23 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 225GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 86 88 88 87 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	Read 119 Write 112 Mixed 71.8 SusWrite 86.9 72% 97.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 9905471-001.A00LF KHX1866C10D3/8G 18GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 2048, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	61.6% Good	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 19.6 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 17.7 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 54.9 73% 54.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 62%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 37%

Jet ski

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

Raft

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	138x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	131x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	106x

Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $364

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16