Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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	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 8.1 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 (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570 104,858 User benchmarks, average bench 65% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 89.5 1-Core 106 2-Core 209 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 396 54% 399 Pts	64-Core 400 25% 400 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 75%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HDS5C3030BLE630 3TB 1,336 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: MZ6OAAB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 94 91 95 87 95 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	47.5% Average	Read 74.2 Write 76.6 Mixed 24.8 SusWrite 91.3 48% 66.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.3 80% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 88%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 11GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 93 60 84 76 82 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	52.7% Above average	Read 103 Write 86.7 Mixed 89 SusWrite 80.1 67% 89.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 129% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 8502 1600 CL9 Series 04CD F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 8502 1600 CL9 Series 16GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	59.9% Above average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 19.5 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 18.8 50% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 61%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 37%

Jet ski

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

Raft

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	311x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	273x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	238x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	91x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	86x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	81x

Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $577

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16