Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	67% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 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 above expectations (80^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 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 92.8 1-Core 97.2 2-Core 191 75% 127 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 306 47% 341 Pts	64-Core 266 16% 266 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 71%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apacer AS340 120GB 5,956 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: R1001A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 228 43 41 43 41 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	67% Good	Read 503 Write 426 Mixed 421 SusWrite 138 83% 372 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 25.9 4K Mixed 28.9 98% 28.6 MB/s	DQ Read 221 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 22 60% 129 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 91%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$16 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 248GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 93 92 92 93 92 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	50% Average	Read 81.7 Write 85 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 92.3 56% 76.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 60%
Hitachi HDS721616PLA380 160GB-$46 8,198 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 93GB free Firmware: P22OABEA SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 65 65 65 66 65 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	40% Average	Read 74.2 Write 67.6 Mixed 42.7 SusWrite 64.9 46% 62.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/8G 12GB 480 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 18.7 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 15.5 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 58%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	47x
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	42x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	24x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	15x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	14x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	11x

Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $146

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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