Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Jet ski


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. 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.
Graphics	53.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	73.3% 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.

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 i5-3470-$59 223,595 User benchmarks, average bench 63% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 92.4 1-Core 86.6 2-Core 172 70% 117 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 370 49% 368 Pts	64-Core 376 23% 376 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Lighting 67.2 Reflection 72.2 Parallax 64.7 55% 68 fps	MRender 68.6 Gravity 66 Splatting 56.4 51% 63.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$40 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 170GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 319 346 338 338 250 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Read 363 Write 336 Mixed 335 SusWrite 303 75% 334 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 62 4K Mixed 35 118% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 42.6 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 54.2 47% 68.3 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 123%
WD WD3200AVVS-63L2B0 320GB 8,287 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 297GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 72 75 75 75 75 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	41.1% Average	Read 70.9 Write 71.6 Mixed 45.9 SusWrite 72.1 48% 65.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 1,972 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	61.6% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 19.7 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 18.8 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 106%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

Sail boat

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	21x
1600 CL9 Series 2x8GBUnknownBench 55%, 7,092 samples	18x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	15x

Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $442

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