Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	10.3% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	63.3% 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 (85%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing way above expectations (92^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% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 103 2-Core 201 78% 133 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 396 53% 397 Pts	64-Core 394 24% 394 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% EVGA(3842 1556) 1GB CLim: 951 MHz, MLim: 1089 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	10.3% Very poor	Lighting 11.6 Reflection 13.7 Parallax 9.78 10% 11.7 fps	MRender 16.1 Gravity 12 Splatting 15.7 12% 14.6 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.3% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 213GB free (System drive) Firmware: 000F SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 230 233 241 257 245 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 392 Write 249 Mixed 247 SusWrite 237 63% 281 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 90.2 4K Mixed 14.1 96% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 124 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 22.8 44% 87.6 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 74%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 465GB free Firmware: 18.01H18 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 133 135 135 134 135 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Read 132 Write 133 Mixed 79.7 SusWrite 134 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 69%
Hitachi HTS545050B9A300 500GB-$71 21,137 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 466GB free Firmware: PB4OC64G SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 78 78 78 79 78 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	44.8% Average	Read 78 Write 76.2 Mixed 41.3 SusWrite 78 50% 68.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 16,472 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	62.4% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 19.8 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 17 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 55.9 72% 55.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 63%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	142x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	126x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	114x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	55x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	47x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	43x

Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $472

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