Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 72%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	28.5% 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	106% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing above expectations (69^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% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	72% Very good	Memory 77.8 1-Core 102 2-Core 202 72% 127 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 378 51% 380 Pts	64-Core 383 24% 383 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 2554) 2GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	28.5% Poor	Lighting 36.9 Reflection 38.2 Parallax 47.3 30% 40.8 fps	MRender 32.5 Gravity 34.8 Splatting 27.1 25% 31.5 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 380GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 413 398 379 422 456 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 459 Mixed 385 SusWrite 413 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 89 4K Mixed 42.7 146% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 368 277% 369 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 134%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 742GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 137 138 138 138 138 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 147 Write 142 Mixed 70.6 SusWrite 137 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 228% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 109%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: MK7OA840 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 139 141 140 141 140 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Read 147 Write 145 Mixed 80 SusWrite 140 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1600C9-8GAR 04CD F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 04CD F3-1600C9-8GAR 04CD F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.1% Above average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 16.1 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 15.1 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 84.7 47% 84.7 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 50%

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	48x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	42x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	35x

Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $280

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