Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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	36.9% 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)
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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 115 2-Core 232 81% 144 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 446 57% 431 Pts	64-Core 432 27% 432 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3969) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.9% Below average	Lighting 48.2 Reflection 46.5 Parallax 40.7 39% 45.1 fps	MRender 38 Gravity 42.5 Splatting 38 32% 39.5 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$54 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0801A Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 475 Write 432 Mixed 404 98% 437 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 92.8 4K Mixed 40.6 148% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 357 DQ Mixed 256 208% 290 MB/s
Poor: 60% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 95GB free Firmware: HP51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 151 150 135 130 159 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Read 157 Write 120 Mixed 73 SusWrite 146 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 114%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 93GB free Firmware: GG2OA6C0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 59 59 60 61 61 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	38.8% Below average	Read 76 Write 75.8 Mixed 30 SusWrite 59.1 44% 60.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 58%
ST932042 1AS 320GB 86GB free, PID 0715 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 53 52 54 53 53 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	26.5% Poor	Read 76.5 Write 72.7 Mixed 46.8 SusWrite 53 82% 62.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 70% 0.87 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-892.A00LF 1x8GB 90 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	31% Below average	MC Read 9.1 MC Write 10.5 MC Mixed 9.6 28% 9.73 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 11.3 SC Mixed 9.8 30% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 72.5 55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 31%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	66x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	54x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	52x

Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $333

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16