Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	2.91% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	51.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Memory 94 1-Core 101 2-Core 204 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 348 8-Core 348 46% 348 Pts	64-Core 356 22% 356 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro 600 15,964 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Nvidia(10DE 0835) 1GB CLim: 640 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 376.84 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	2.91% Terrible	Lighting 3.4 Reflection 5.4 Parallax 1.1 3% 3.3 fps	MRender 5.2 Gravity 3.9 Splatting 3 3% 4.03 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.91% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 110 60 55 60 57 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	51.2% Above average	Read 224 Write 167 Mixed 204 SusWrite 91.4 38% 172 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 44.2 4K Mixed 33.2 108% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 35.7 DQ Write 91.9 DQ Mixed 47.7 41% 58.4 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 221GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 96 95 97 97 97 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 120 Write 102 Mixed 51 SusWrite 96.3 68% 92.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 16,567 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	61.3% Good	MC Read 21 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 20.2 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 18.2 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 62%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 38%

Jet ski

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

Sail boat

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	59x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	45x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	38x

Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $599

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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