Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	21.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	84.4% 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 way above expectations (89^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3470-$59 223,595 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 111 2-Core 217 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 418 57% 422 Pts	64-Core 428 26% 428 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% MSI(1462 2938) 1GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	21.5% Poor	Lighting 25.7 Reflection 28.9 Parallax 30.8 21% 28.5 fps	MRender 26.8 Gravity 22.9 Splatting 31.3 22% 27 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apacer AS340 240GB 10,970 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 197GB free (System drive) Firmware: AP223PD0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 420 421 424 424 424 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Read 435 Write 432 Mixed 312 SusWrite 417 90% 399 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 56.4 4K Mixed 24.1 92% 33.6 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 170 166% 260 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 95%
OCZ SOLID3 60GB 1,153 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 49GB free Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 59 71 67 66 60 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	45.8% Average	Read 182 Write 65.8 Mixed 102 SusWrite 65.2 23% 104 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 67.1 4K Mixed 26.8 101% 38.2 MB/s	DQ Read 81.5 DQ Write 74.1 DQ Mixed 68.8 54% 74.8 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-026.A00LF 2x4GB 60 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.4% Good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 21.5 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 20.3 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 62%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 35%

Jet ski

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

Raft

RAM
CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 8GBCorsairBench 48%, 1,087 samples	8x
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C8 Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C8 24GBUnknownBench 51%, 6 samples	5x
F3-12800CL9-4GBXL F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 8GBUnknownBench 44%, 1,020 samples	4x

Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $474

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