Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.47% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	55.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 8 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.

System	Samsung Samsung DeskTop System (all builds)
Motherboard	SAMSUNG SAMSUNG_DT1234567890
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8
BIOS Date	20140415
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 06 '21 at 11:41
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (45^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% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Memory 85.9 1-Core 98.5 2-Core 198 73% 128 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 376 50% 378 Pts	64-Core 382 24% 382 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz) 146,665 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Sanyo(144D B078) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4276 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.47% Terrible	Lighting 1.6 Reflection 1.4 Parallax 1.6 1% 1.53 fps	MRender 3.5 Gravity 1.1 Splatting 2.1 2% 2.23 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.47% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1Z40102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 180 13 47 16 57 MB/s Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	55.7% Above average	Read 254 Write 239 Mixed 234 SusWrite 86 46% 203 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 48.3 4K Mixed 25.7 103% 34.5 MB/s	DQ Read 209 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 47.8 78% 150 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 100%
Hitachi HUA722010ALA330 1TB 4,323 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 310GB free Firmware: JP4ONS01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 107 108 106 108 108 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	46.5% Average	Read 54.6 Write 113 Mixed 60.8 SusWrite 107 62% 83.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 117% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 75%
ST320LT0 20-9YG142 320GB 83 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 34GB free, PID 0621 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 20 26 26 26 26 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	10.2% Very poor	Read 19.1 Write 13.8 Mixed 17.2 SusWrite 25.1 26% 18.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 39% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 10.2% Great: 25%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-054.A00LF 99P5471-033.A00LF 16GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	59.8% Above average	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 18.9 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 17.7 50% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 71.3 56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 63%

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 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	243x
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	152x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	97x

Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $87

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16