Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	31% 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	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	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 (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 (99^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Memory 85.9 1-Core 93 2-Core 189 71% 123 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 342 47% 350 Pts	64-Core 364 22% 364 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Asus(1043 0464) CLim: 1120 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.11.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	31% Below average	Lighting 39.2 Reflection 35.3 Parallax 47.8 32% 40.7 fps	MRender 31.1 Gravity 33.2 Splatting 40.8 29% 35 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 29%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 90 101 111 93 127 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	49.9% Average	Read 68.3 Write 108 Mixed 30 SusWrite 105 56% 77.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 139% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown GY1600D364L10/8G 1x8GB 1,033 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	28.4% Poor	MC Read 9.2 MC Write 9.4 MC Mixed 8.3 26% 8.97 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 8.6 24% 8.43 GB/s	Latency 71.3 56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 34%

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
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	48x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	42x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	35x

Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $280

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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