Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


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. 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	7.74% 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	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	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% LGA1155, 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 87 1-Core 95 2-Core 185 72% 122 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 360 48% 359 Pts	64-Core 368 23% 368 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 750 MHz, MLim: 750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.33 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	7.74% Terrible	Lighting 9.1 Reflection 10.7 Parallax 7.44 7% 9.06 fps	MRender 11.4 Gravity 9.4 Splatting 10 8% 10.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 7.74% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Purple Surveillance 1TB (2017)-$45 9,464 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 667GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 59 83 111 133 123 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 118 Write 116 Mixed 52.3 SusWrite 99 70% 96.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 200% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 89%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 376GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 88 89 88 74 74 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	48.4% Average	Read 84.3 Write 83.6 Mixed 40.6 SusWrite 83.8 53% 73.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 145% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5458-005.A00LF 8GB 76 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53.5% Above average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 17.3 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 15.5 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 53%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 61%

Destroyer

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	29x
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	18x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	14x

Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $325