Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	42.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 96.7 1-Core 114 2-Core 228 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 444 60% 448 Pts	64-Core 449 28% 449 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% AMD(1002 0B00) ≥ 4GB CLim: 947 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.9.3 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.3% Average	Lighting 52.5 Reflection 51.2 Parallax 61.7 43% 55.1 fps	MRender 55.8 Gravity 50.2 Splatting 46.9 41% 50.9 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02.6 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 463 Write 440 Mixed 339 92% 414 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 88.7 4K Mixed 37.1 136% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 61.4 114% 224 MB/s
Poor: 55% Great: 91%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$194 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 41 42 43 43 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	51.3% Above average	Read 137 Write 40.5 Mixed 27.2 SusWrite 42.1 45% 61.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-151.A00LF 4x2GB 254 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	64% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 20.2 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 20.2 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 64%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 38%

Jet ski

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

Sail boat

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	42x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	29x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	24x

Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $849

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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