Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 74.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.8% 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	70.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500 82,538 User benchmarks, average bench 63% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500 CPU @ 3.30GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Memory 90.8 1-Core 91 2-Core 180 71% 121 Pts	4-Core 341 8-Core 324 45% 332 Pts	64-Core 333 21% 333 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Nvidia(10DE 1138) 2GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	Lighting 46.7 Reflection 44.2 Parallax 39.4 38% 43.4 fps	MRender 39.8 Gravity 40.4 Splatting 35.7 31% 38.7 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 317 204 200 203 201 196 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Read 391 Write 354 Mixed 307 SusWrite 220 71% 318 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 54.4 4K Mixed 35.7 121% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 41.7 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 56.5 49% 70.9 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 787GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 193 200 202 202 202 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 154 Mixed 73 SusWrite 200 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 112%
SMI USB disk 8GB 5,941 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 7GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.1 8 8 8 8.1 8 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	5.61% Terrible	Read 16.7 Write 5.5 Mixed 4.5 SusWrite 7.8 10% 8.62 MB/s	4K Read 6.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 23% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.61% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273DH0-CH9 M378B5173EB0-CK0 8GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	49.5% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 15.4 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 14.7 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 50%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 62%

Destroyer

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	375x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	252x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	182x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	52x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	45x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	37x

Value: 64% - 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) $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