Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.5% 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	65.3% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

PC Performing above expectations (84^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 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Memory 85 1-Core 90.3 2-Core 180 69% 118 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 334 46% 343 Pts	64-Core 353 22% 353 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3161) ≥ 4GB CLim: 949 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 472.12 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	35.5% Below average	Lighting 43.7 Reflection 46 Parallax 46.9 36% 45.5 fps	MRender 53.4 Gravity 42.2 Splatting 36.6 35% 44.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel S3500 Series 120GB 365 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: D2012370 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 132 135 137 137 136 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Read 312 Write 140 Mixed 170 SusWrite 133 42% 189 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 79.5 4K Mixed 26.4 117% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 179 141% 200 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 73%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$30 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 348GB free Firmware: 0001LVM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 101 102 100 103 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	58.6% Above average	Read 104 Write 106 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 100 67% 91.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 102% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 61%
VendorCo ProductCode 16GB 7,454 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 14GB free, PID 5678 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 17.5 Mixed 2.3 8% 9.9 MB/s	4K Read 3 4K Mixed 0 17% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 4% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C11D3/4G KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1866C11D3/4G KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 18.5 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 16.4 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 58%

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	48x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	42x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	35x

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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16