Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 74.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.32% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	70.7% 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.

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Memory 79.8 1-Core 106 2-Core 208 74% 131 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 401 54% 400 Pts	64-Core 400 25% 400 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)-$15 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? ASRock(1849 0162) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4358 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	3.32% Terrible	Lighting 4 Reflection 2 Parallax 2.8 3% 2.93 fps	MRender 5.1 Gravity 2.4 Splatting 4.9 3% 4.13 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.32% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 512GB-$84 31,280 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 199GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0427ANR SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 239 244 236 240 256 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Read 351 Write 336 Mixed 314 SusWrite 239 70% 310 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 45.1 4K Mixed 32.2 104% 34.2 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 201 155% 212 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 127%
Adata XPG SX900 128GB-$103 6,500 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 21GB free Firmware: 5.2.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 129 123 133 132 113 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	Read 311 Write 160 Mixed 192 SusWrite 128 44% 198 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 42.8 4K Mixed 27.6 94% 31.4 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 144 114% 158 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 82%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1.5TB 1,782 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 242 237 244 245 242 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	143% Outstanding	Read 258 Write 214 Mixed 74.1 SusWrite 241 143% 197 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 1.3 284% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 189%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-559.A00LF 2x8GB 3,453 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 16 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 15.4 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 80.9 50% 80.9 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 60%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 37%

Jet ski

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

Raft

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	310x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	268x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	237x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	90x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	86x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	81x

Value: 60% - Good

Total price: $581

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