Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.68% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	72.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$197 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 111 2-Core 222 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 538 59% 465 Pts	64-Core 528 33% 528 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Asus(1043 838C) 1GB CLim: 1029 MHz, MLim: 1151 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	3.68% Terrible	Lighting 4.4 Reflection 6 Parallax 1.3 4% 3.9 fps	MRender 4.1 Gravity 5.2 Splatting 4.8 4% 4.7 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 3.68% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 244 241 236 237 232 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Read 335 Write 234 Mixed 264 SusWrite 238 60% 268 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 48.2 4K Mixed 36.7 120% 38.7 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 146 111% 150 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 124%
Samsung HD502IJ 500GB-$40 25,285 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 373GB free Firmware: 1AA01112 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 81 81 81 80 81 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	45% Average	Read 75.3 Write 70.1 Mixed 53.1 SusWrite 80.8 52% 69.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.9 181% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 59%
Intenso Rainbow Line 4GB 297 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 4GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.4 4.2 3.8 4 3.6 4.2 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	3.95% Terrible	Read 15 Write 1.8 Mixed 4.7 SusWrite 3.9 7% 6.35 MB/s	4K Read 3.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 14% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.95% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8GX 9905471-001.A01LF 9905471-001.A01LF 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	34.8% Below average	MC Read 11.8 MC Write 10.7 MC Mixed 10.3 31% 10.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 11.4 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 54%

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
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	38x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	34x
XMS3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 4,223 samples	24x

Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $666

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