Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	29.3% 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)
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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (70^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% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3470 CPU @ 3.20GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 91.8 1-Core 95.5 2-Core 188 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 358 48% 357 Pts	64-Core 370 23% 370 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Sapphire(174B E224) 2GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	29.3% Poor	Lighting 37 Reflection 33.5 Parallax 45.1 30% 38.5 fps	MRender 29.4 Gravity 31.2 Splatting 38.3 28% 33 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba HG5d Q Series 256GB-$225 3,223 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: HTRAN101 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 236 Write 144 Mixed 227 45% 202 MB/s	4K Read 14.3 4K Write 50.4 4K Mixed 17.3 70% 27.3 MB/s	DQ Read 32.3 DQ Write 94.4 DQ Mixed 36.4 36% 54.4 MB/s
Poor: 55% Great: 106%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 31GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 43 44 44 44 44 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	26.5% Poor	Read 48.1 Write 50.2 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 43.9 33% 44.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 26.5% Great: 51%
Samsung HD403LJ 400GB-$183 4,107 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 75GB free Firmware: CT100-10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 60 61 61 61 61 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	35% Below average	Read 60.9 Write 28.9 Mixed 25.1 SusWrite 60.8 32% 43.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 151% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 27,024 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 16.7 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 14.7 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.8% 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 76%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	56x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	56x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	41x

Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $560

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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