Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	13.2% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	57.8% 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.

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 92.4 1-Core 89.9 2-Core 179 71% 120 Pts	4-Core 325 8-Core 344 44% 334 Pts	64-Core 354 22% 354 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6850 31,600 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Sapphire(174B E174) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	13.2% Very poor	Lighting 17.4 Reflection 13.5 Parallax 14.5 14% 15.1 fps	MRender 11.5 Gravity 11.5 Splatting 17.4 12% 13.5 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 114 106 110 106 106 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 464 Write 134 Mixed 151 SusWrite 113 47% 216 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 39.3 4K Mixed 20.9 81% 27.5 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 42.3 DQ Mixed 87 85% 142 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 76%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$39 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 51GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 112 107 135 140 135 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Read 129 Write 119 Mixed 82 SusWrite 124 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 225% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-001.A00LF 99U5403-003.A00LF 99U5471-001.A00LF 99U5403-003.A00LF 8GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.5% Above average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 16.2 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 16.6 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 50%

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
CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 8GBCorsairBench 48%, 1,087 samples	15x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	7x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples	6x

Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $532

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $44	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16