Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Destroyer	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	2.36% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

PC Performing as expected (46^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% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 93.7 1-Core 95.2 2-Core 155 70% 115 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 360 49% 363 Pts	64-Core 370 23% 370 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6670 32,193 User benchmarks, average bench 6% MSI(1462 2530) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	2.36% Terrible	Lighting 0.07 Reflection 9.04 Parallax 7.19 0% 5.43 fps	MRender 8.9 Gravity 6.53 Splatting 9.3 7% 8.25 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 2.36% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M5S 128GB-$75 5,727 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.05 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 254 Write 214 Mixed 189 49% 219 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 42 4K Mixed 24.6 89% 30 MB/s	DQ Read 191 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 110 101% 155 MB/s
Poor: 53% Great: 84%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 77GB free Firmware: JP4OA39C SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 101 89 72 92 96 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	46.5% Average	Read 70.2 Write 63.5 Mixed 40.3 SusWrite 91.7 49% 66.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 74%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 54GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 3,986 Write 41 Mixed 88 983% 1,372 MB/s	4K Read 620 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1.7 26,040% 208 MB/s
Poor: 35% Great: 76%
PHD 3.0 Silicon-Power 4TB 164 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 3TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 23 23 22 22 23 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	13.9% Very poor	Read 24.5 Write 22.5 Mixed 19.8 SusWrite 22.6 16% 22.4 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 0.7 182% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 13.9% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 5,808 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	56.2% Above average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 17.8 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 16.5 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 60.4 66% 60.4 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 63%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 58%

Gunboat

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	441x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	145x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	112x

RAM
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	49x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	48x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	26x

Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $227

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