Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	0.59% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	57.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	3.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110726
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '19 at 22:25
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 way above expectations (87^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 92.3 1-Core 94.3 2-Core 184 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 458 52% 410 Pts	64-Core 463 29% 463 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8400 GS 18,254 User benchmarks, average bench 1% MSI(1462 1162) 256MB Ram: 256MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	0.59% Terrible	Lighting 0.63 Reflection 1.35 Parallax 0.41 0% 0.8 fps	MRender 1.52 Gravity 0.47 Splatting 0.83 1% 0.94 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.59% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 422GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 294 286 290 288 289 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 353 Write 274 Mixed 219 SusWrite 288 64% 284 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 45.1 4K Mixed 21.3 79% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 26 DQ Write 53.5 DQ Mixed 28.3 25% 35.9 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 129%
Lexar JumpDrive P20 USB 3.0 64GB-$20 539 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 59GB free, PID a212 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 17 19 13 0 8.3 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	10.8% Very poor	Read 31.8 Write 25.5 Mixed 25.8 SusWrite 14.3 32% 24.4 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 1.2 77% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 10.8% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	50.3% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 15.6 48% 17 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 15.6 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 65%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	54x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	41x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	34x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	29x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	27x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	15x

Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $333

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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