Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	24.2% 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	40.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 106 2-Core 210 79% 136 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 413 55% 412 Pts	64-Core 403 25% 403 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Gigabyte(1458 2553) 2GB CLim: 975 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	24.2% Poor	Lighting 29.3 Reflection 31.2 Parallax 35.1 24% 31.9 fps	MRender 27.2 Gravity 23.4 Splatting 37 25% 29.2 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 24.2% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: 000F SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 68 64 46 81 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	40.8% Average	Read 442 Write 98.8 Mixed 117 SusWrite 63.3 39% 180 MB/s	4K Read 11.5 4K Write 28.4 4K Mixed 13.6 50% 17.8 MB/s	DQ Read 123 DQ Write 52.8 DQ Mixed 22.8 34% 66.2 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 74%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 731GB free Firmware: CC4D SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 180 181 182 181 183 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 131 Mixed 83.1 SusWrite 181 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 169% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 78,181 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	62.9% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 20.4 63% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 18.7 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 62%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 36%

Jet ski

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 28%

Raft

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	15x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	14x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	13x

Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $531

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16