Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


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 57.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	29% 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	94.5% 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	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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.

High background CPU (24%). 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 i5-2500 82,538 User benchmarks, average bench 63% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Memory 84 1-Core 104 2-Core 196 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 177 8-Core 216 25% 196 Pts	64-Core 274 17% 274 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Sapphire(174B E241) 2GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	29% Poor	Lighting 36.6 Reflection 33.5 Parallax 45.5 30% 38.5 fps	MRender 29 Gravity 31.2 Splatting 37.8 27% 32.7 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$122 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 904GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 396 387 361 355 352 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 338 Mixed 342 SusWrite 371 85% 380 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 52.9 4K Mixed 38.9 116% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 369 276% 366 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 147 145 120 127 133 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Read 172 Write 144 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 134 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 113%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 189GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 92 90 88 85 79 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	32.7% Below average	Read 79.3 Write 84.5 Mixed 24 SusWrite 87.2 92% 68.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.5 41% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 029E CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 029E CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 20GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1867, 1867, 1867 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	59.6% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 24.6 MC Mixed 20.6 62% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 15.7 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 73.4 54% 73.4 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 60%

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	105x

Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $364

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16