Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	8.54% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (77^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% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570 CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 92.5 1-Core 100 2-Core 197 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 388 51% 381 Pts	64-Core 382 24% 382 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 75%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Asus(1043 8439) 1GB CLim: 1071 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	8.54% Terrible	Lighting 9.23 Reflection 9.54 Parallax 11.7 8% 10.2 fps	MRender 13.6 Gravity 11.9 Splatting 13 10% 12.8 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 8.54% Great: 9%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba HDWD105 500GB-$49 9,420 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS1OA8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 110 136 152 150 128 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	64.2% Good	Read 100 Write 12 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 124 47% 64.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Smart SH564128FH8N0TNSDR 2x4GB 87 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.1% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 18.6 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 17.8 48% 17 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 60%

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	453x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	219x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	145x

Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $287

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16