Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	24.4% 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	87.3% 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	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 (62^nd 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 (94^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Memory 87.5 1-Core 104 2-Core 209 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 396 53% 398 Pts	64-Core 384 24% 384 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% PwrHis(1787 2320) 2GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1225 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.5.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	24.4% Poor	Lighting 29.5 Reflection 31.6 Parallax 35.3 24% 32.2 fps	MRender 27.9 Gravity 23.8 Splatting 37 25% 29.6 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 24.4% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 213 229 201 233 186 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Read 485 Write 365 Mixed 44.3 SusWrite 236 63% 283 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 63.1 4K Mixed 40.2 128% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 196 176% 263 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 103%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 35GB free Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 103 108 102 108 103 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Read 404 Write 146 Mixed 188 SusWrite 105 46% 210 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 65.4 4K Mixed 30.3 116% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 134 109% 156 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 82%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 78GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 64 65 66 66 66 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	44.2% Average	Read 88.8 Write 92.5 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 64.9 60% 81.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 165% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 10,150 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	59% Above average	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.1 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 17.7 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 63%

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	309x
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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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