Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	38.3% 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	71.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570 104,858 User benchmarks, average bench 65% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 91.9 1-Core 111 2-Core 222 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 386 52% 387 Pts	64-Core 412 26% 412 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 75%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3205) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1581 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38.3% Below average	Lighting 48.9 Reflection 49.6 Parallax 44 40% 47.5 fps	MRender 46 Gravity 44.3 Splatting 40.5 35% 43.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 247 84 76 76 74 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Read 432 Write 427 Mixed 342 SusWrite 161 76% 340 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 58 4K Mixed 39.4 129% 43 MB/s	DQ Read 40.8 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 54.9 50% 73.6 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 123%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 64,984 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 40GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 134 133 132 133 137 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Read 150 Write 125 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 133 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	61% Good	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 20.1 60% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 18.9 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 61% 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 76%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	45x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	37x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	29x

Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $492

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