Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	23.5% 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	55.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing above expectations (80^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)	85% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 113 2-Core 228 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 432 59% 437 Pts	64-Core 459 28% 459 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 580-$450 15,395 User benchmarks, average bench 23% EVGA(3842 1580) 1.5GB CLim: 772 MHz, MLim: 1002 MHz, Ram: 1.5GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	23.5% Poor	Lighting 27 Reflection 39.1 Parallax 26.9 22% 31 fps	MRender 43.6 Gravity 21.9 Splatting 32.3 26% 32.6 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 23.5% Great: 24%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 132GB free (System drive) Firmware: 040H SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 191 210 214 207 207 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	55.8% Above average	Read 338 Write 223 Mixed 228 SusWrite 196 55% 246 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 61.2 4K Mixed 14.5 80% 31.7 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 23.7 53% 109 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DHX DDR3 1333 C9 4x4GB 248 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 16.3 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 18.6 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 54%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

Sail boat

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	22x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples	18x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	15x

Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $516

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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16