Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	15.9% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	74.1% Very good	Memory 91.2 1-Core 92.9 2-Core 174 71% 119 Pts	4-Core 309 8-Core 449 47% 379 Pts	64-Core 460 28% 460 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6870 25,443 User benchmarks, average bench 15% Sapphire(174B E177) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	15.9% Very poor	Lighting 21.3 Reflection 14.8 Parallax 19.1 17% 18.4 fps	MRender 12.6 Gravity 15.1 Splatting 19 13% 15.6 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 15.9% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 540GB free (System drive) Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 128 96 136 150 154 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	46.8% Average	Read 30 Write 120 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 133 55% 76 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.3 66% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 108%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 151GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 60 57 58 61 61 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	37.7% Below average	Read 71.7 Write 59 Mixed 57 SusWrite 59.3 46% 61.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 160% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 67%
Seagate FreeAgentDesktop 500GB 1,370 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 139GB free, PID 3000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 28 28 28 28 28 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	15.9% Very poor	Read 30.7 Write 27 Mixed 24.3 SusWrite 28 37% 27.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 87% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 15.9% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	47.9% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 16.7 MC Mixed 14.8 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 16.1 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 45%

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 18%

Surfboard

Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $405

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