Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	9.36% 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	81.3% 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	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 as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 93.9 1-Core 97.8 2-Core 167 72% 120 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 498 54% 428 Pts	64-Core 497 31% 497 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% EVGA(3842 1556) 1GB CLim: 951 MHz, MLim: 1089 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	9.36% Terrible	Lighting 10.7 Reflection 15.8 Parallax 11 9% 12.5 fps	MRender 16.5 Gravity 11.9 Splatting 11.3 11% 13.2 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.36% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 1TB 17,192 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 896GB free (System drive) Firmware: VD0R3A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 407 414 416 414 406 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Read 376 Write 411 Mixed 356 SusWrite 410 88% 388 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 50 4K Mixed 29.5 101% 34.6 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 240 178% 229 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 101%
3 480GB SSD 480GB 3,645 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 389GB free Firmware: S1128B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 229 232 234 104 31 MB/s Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	55.2% Above average	Read 246 Write 231 Mixed 225 SusWrite 177 49% 220 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 56.3 4K Mixed 22 91% 33.4 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 40.9 63% 118 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 2x4GB 5,041 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.3% Below average	MC Read 10.4 MC Write 9.9 MC Mixed 9.4 28% 9.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 11.2 SC Mixed 10.4 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 64%

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	1,322x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples	1,141x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	1,040x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	821x
Virtual NVMe Disk 64GBVmwareBench 62%, 2,103 samples	456x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	425x

Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $325

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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