Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	21.1% 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	63.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 8.1 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.

PC Performing above expectations (77^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% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 114 2-Core 228 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 459 61% 458 Pts	64-Core 457 28% 457 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 570-$350 22,303 User benchmarks, average bench 20% EVGA(3842 1579) 2.5GB CLim: 732 MHz, MLim: 950 MHz, Ram: 2.5GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	21.1% Poor	Lighting 24.9 Reflection 38.1 Parallax 31.4 20% 31.4 fps	MRender 37.7 Gravity 20.3 Splatting 26.3 23% 28.1 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.1% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 214 212 215 215 215 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Read 318 Write 208 Mixed 221 SusWrite 216 54% 241 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 56.5 4K Mixed 28.6 104% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 125 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 85.1 72% 105 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 110%
WD VelociRaptor 300GB-$90 11,249 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 256GB free Firmware: 04.04V06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 115 115 116 116 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Read 118 Write 116 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 116 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.3 230% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 991768 (996768) 4x2GB 46 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 17.3 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 18.1 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 60.1 67% 60.1 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 55%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 38%

Jet ski

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

Sail boat

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	59x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	45x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	38x

Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $599

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