Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	2.61% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	15.8% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (55^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% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 93.1 1-Core 98.3 2-Core 184 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 344 8-Core 445 50% 394 Pts	64-Core 470 29% 470 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8600 GTS 2,598 User benchmarks, average bench 2% XFX(1682 2280) 256MB Ram: 256MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	2.61% Terrible	Lighting 2.73 Reflection 5.15 Parallax 0.97 2% 2.95 fps	MRender 6.1 Gravity 1.9 Splatting 4.3 3% 4.1 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.61% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SV300S37A120G 125GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.20A SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 34 30 35 40 43 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	15.8% Very poor	Read 140 Write 45.3 Mixed 52.9 SusWrite 35.9 15% 68.4 MB/s	4K Read 7.1 4K Write 10.5 4K Mixed 6.2 24% 7.93 MB/s	DQ Read 14.5 DQ Write 11.4 DQ Mixed 11.8 9% 12.6 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 20%
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 217GB free Firmware: SAFM00.U SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 239 242 241 244 243 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	57.8% Above average	Read 242 Write 242 Mixed 212 SusWrite 240 53% 234 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 40.4 4K Mixed 23.2 79% 27.4 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 61.6 84% 153 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 110%
Generic- USB3.0 CRW -SD 67GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 62GB free, PID 0306 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.6 7.2 6.8 7.6 6.7 6.5 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	4.8% Terrible	Read 14.9 Write 4 Mixed 10 SusWrite 6.7 11% 8.9 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 18% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.8% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 CMX4GX3M1A1600C11 8GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.9% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 15.8 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 15.1 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 51%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 36%

Jet ski

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 28%

Raft

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	41x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	29x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	29x

Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $525

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	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