Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.72% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing above expectations (85^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% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 112 2-Core 223 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 440 59% 441 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 430 22,369 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 836D) 1GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	3.72% Terrible	Lighting 4.7 Reflection 6.6 Parallax 1.3 4% 4.2 fps	MRender 5.6 Gravity 4.4 Splatting 3.3 4% 4.43 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.72% Great: 4%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 164GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS1OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 114 107 120 127 125 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Read 145 Write 142 Mixed 34 SusWrite 114 78% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.3 92% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 28,220 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.6% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 19.3 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 18.8 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 61%

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: 57% - Above average

Total price: $541

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16