Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.7%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i5-3570K-$350 85,495 User benchmarks, average bench 75% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	SC Int 118 SC Float 122 SC Mixed 113 94% 117 Pts	QC Int 443 QC Float 468 QC Mixed 454 103% 455 Pts	MC Int 453 MC Float 457 MC Mixed 452 68% 454 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$220 50,664 User benchmarks, average bench 115% 670GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 346 345 341 345 345 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Read 363 Write 343 Mixed 326 SusWrite 343 78% 344 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 62.4 4K Mixed 41 135% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 109 84% 114 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 135%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$29 77,230 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 399GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 107 107 103 99 103 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Read 128 Write 121 Mixed 69.2 SusWrite 100 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB 2,238 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	29.1% Poor	MC Read 9.2 MC Write 9.3 MC Mixed 8.3 26% 8.93 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 9.7 SC Mixed 9 26% 9.27 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 34%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 60%

Gunboat

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 50%, 36,734 samples	505x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 54%, 13,793 samples	281x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 50%, 15,126 samples	253x

Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $969

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $115	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $43
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $750	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $41	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $126	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12