Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	31.5% 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	93% 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	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.

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% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 107 2-Core 212 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 425 57% 424 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% MSI(1462 2775) 3GB CLim: 1020 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31.5% Below average	Lighting 41 Reflection 27.4 Parallax 51 33% 39.8 fps	MRender 27 Gravity 40.3 Splatting 34.3 28% 33.9 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 300GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Read 928 Write 423 Mixed 370 125% 574 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 43.2 4K Mixed 13.3 77% 27 MB/s	DQ Read 25.9 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 12.8 56% 117 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 313%
HitachiG ST 1TB 711 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 255GB free, PID 1014 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	29.6% Poor	Read 62.4 Write 73.1 Mixed 31.4 70% 55.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.18 58% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 44,086 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.4% Above average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 17.4 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 16.6 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 64%

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	36x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	29x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	26x

Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $280

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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16