Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	71.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (55^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-$194 185,630 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)	78.2% Very good	Memory 94.2 1-Core 103 2-Core 200 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 337 8-Core 492 52% 414 Pts	64-Core 526 33% 526 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 74%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M5 Pro 256GB-$100 2,451 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 281 141 110 104 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Read 459 Write 397 Mixed 297 SusWrite 182 74% 333 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 41.3 4K Mixed 24.9 86% 29.1 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 221 203% 312 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 106%
Hitachi HUS724040ALE640 4TB 2,097 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 3TB free Firmware: MJAOA3B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 101 119 124 120 122 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	47.7% Average	Read 55 Write 74.8 Mixed 40.2 SusWrite 111 51% 70.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.5 97% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-012.A00LF 99U5474-028.A00LF 99U5471-012.A00LF 99U5474-028.A00LF 16GB 54 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 18.5 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 18.3 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 59.3 68% 59.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 54%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	65x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	54x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	52x

Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $333

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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