Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	45.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	84.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3P (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130308
Uptime	10 Days
Run Date	May 27 '21 at 20:52
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing as expected (48^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% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 87.9 2-Core 171 68% 115 Pts	4-Core 286 8-Core 298 39% 292 Pts	64-Core 293 18% 293 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Sapphire(174B E324) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.9.2 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	45.2% Average	Lighting 58.6 Reflection 64.6 Parallax 73.8 48% 65.7 fps	MRender 55.5 Gravity 53.9 Splatting 41.1 40% 50.2 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKJ4.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 401 401 414 411 413 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Read 376 Write 394 Mixed 334 SusWrite 398 85% 375 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 57.6 4K Mixed 30.3 105% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 195 175% 261 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 100%
Hitachi HDS725050KLA360 500GB-$40 5,497 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 149GB free Firmware: K2AOAE0A SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 44 44 45 45 45 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	25.9% Poor	Read 45.4 Write 47.6 Mixed 34 SusWrite 44.3 32% 42.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 25.9% Great: 34%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 8GB 71 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 8GB free, PID 0054 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.6 7.7 7.8 7.8 7.9 7.8 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	4.15% Terrible	Read 16.9 Write 7.7 Mixed 6.2 SusWrite 7.8 12% 9.65 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 0% 0 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.15% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 20,667 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.8% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 14.5 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 12.7 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 77%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 52%

Yacht

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 42%

Speed boat

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	23x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	19x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	17x

SSD
256GB 256GBXraydiskBench 86%, 1,063 samples	15x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	11x
GP-GSTFS31480GNTD 480GBGigabyteBench 78%, 7,834 samples	9x

Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $559

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