Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 5.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 123 2-Core 246 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 488 65% 488 Pts	64-Core 488 30% 488 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1666 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Lighting 78.8 Reflection 79.6 Parallax 68.6 64% 75.6 fps	MRender 64.1 Gravity 71.5 Splatting 66.2 55% 67.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 302GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6,225 Write 5,597 Mixed 4,429 1,205% 5,417 MB/s	4K Read 414 4K Write 253 4K Mixed 298 1,143% 322 MB/s	DQ Read 1,528 DQ Write 1253 DQ Mixed 1,370 1,031% 1,384 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 14.5TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 11.5TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 30 31 30 27 30 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 151 Write 9.5 Mixed 25 SusWrite 26.9 39% 53 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 1.2 210% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 029E CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 Samsung M378B5773DH0-CH9 Samsung M378B5773DH0-CH9 12GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	62.6% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 19.5 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 19.9 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 63%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	44x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 50%, 23,732 samples	43x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	38x

Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $665

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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