Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 65.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	19.9% 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	64.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (46^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% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3470 CPU @ 3.20GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	65.9% Good	Memory 91.1 1-Core 73.5 2-Core 165 66% 110 Pts	4-Core 225 8-Core 303 34% 264 Pts	64-Core 209 13% 209 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 570-$350 22,303 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Nvidia(10DE 087E) 1.2GB CLim: 732 MHz, MLim: 950 MHz, Ram: 1.2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	19.9% Very poor	Lighting 23.2 Reflection 39.1 Parallax 27.1 19% 29.8 fps	MRender 37.6 Gravity 20.6 Splatting 23.9 22% 27.4 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 120GB-$82 4,735 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 348 210 108 121 111 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 322 Write 379 Mixed 242 SusWrite 200 64% 286 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 71 4K Mixed 32.4 116% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 29.1 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 39.8 42% 66 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 98%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB-$23 80,932 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 276GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 68 67 68 68 70 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	38.2% Below average	Read 64.8 Write 71.7 Mixed 46.2 SusWrite 68 46% 62.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-011.A03LF 99U5403-002.A00LF 99U5403-002.A00LF 9905403-011.A03LF 8GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.3% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.7 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 15.1 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 50%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 25%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	29x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	27x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	18x

Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $384

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16