Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.52% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

PC Performing above expectations (69^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, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75% Very good	Memory 85.9 1-Core 94.6 2-Core 189 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 361 49% 367 Pts	64-Core 372 23% 372 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 8570 3,522 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Device(1B0A 90C4) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 9.12.2.3000 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6.52% Terrible	Lighting 8 Reflection 8.69 Parallax 10.2 6% 8.97 fps	MRender 8.05 Gravity 7.97 Splatting 7.91 6% 7.98 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.52% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: HP33 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 156 164 177 164 177 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 162 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 164 99% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 114%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 1,758 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 559GB free, PID 0100 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 27 28 28 28 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	15.1% Very poor	Read 28.2 Write 25.7 Mixed 20 SusWrite 27.4 34% 25.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 76% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 15.1% Great: 44%
WDC WD60 0UE-32KVT0 60GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 29GB free, PID 0701 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 26 27 27 27 27 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	13.8% Very poor	Read 29 Write 24.5 Mixed 20 SusWrite 26.6 33% 25 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 63% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 13.8% Great: 15%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5173CB0-CK0 Micron 16JTF1G64AZ-1G6E1 12GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	52.8% Above average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 16.7 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 15.2 SC Mixed 16.4 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 71.3 56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 52%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 16%

Surfboard

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 13%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i5-3470Intel $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples	8x

RAM
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 Samsung M378B1G73BH0-CK0 12GBMicronBench 39%, 111 samples	4x
M378B1G73BH0-CK0 04EF TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 16GBSamsungBench 56%, 7 samples	2x
M378B5173CB0-CK0 Micron 16JTF1G64AZ-1G6E1 12GBSamsungBench 37%, 50 samples	1x

Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $59

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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