Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding SSD
Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 41% Speed boat	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including moderate gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 49.7%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	2.11% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Very high background CPU (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Extreme
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 95,048 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	49.7% Average	1-Core 88.1 2-Core 165 60% 126 Pts	4-Core 313 8-Core 301 42% 307 Pts	64-Core 316 21% 316 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 74%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V1 1.1 GHz) 4,271 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 2.5GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	2.11% Terrible	Lighting 6.2 Reflection 8.4 Parallax 4.5 2% 6.37 fps	MRender 6.2 Gravity 3.4 Splatting 8.9 2% 6.17 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.11% Great: 3%
Nvidia GeForce GT 520 9,070 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Device(0000 0000) 1GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 267 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	2% Terrible	Lighting 6.8 Reflection 6.9 Parallax 1.4 2% 5.03 fps	MRender 5.2 Gravity 6.8 Splatting 4.3 2% 5.43 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2% Great: 3%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$68 100,953 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 552GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 34 27 34 30 33 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	31.4% Below average	Read 78.5 Write 76 Mixed 49 SusWrite 30.5 43% 58.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 121% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 234,356 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 19 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 16 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 59.2 68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 62%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 64%

Destroyer

Workstation 34%

Sail boat

Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $602

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $75	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $128
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $695	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $80	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24