Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	0.85% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (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 (58%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3470S 14,631 User benchmarks, average bench 65% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 94 1-Core 91.6 2-Core 178 72% 121 Pts	4-Core 341 8-Core 340 46% 341 Pts	64-Core 347 22% 347 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz) 146,665 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Intel(8086 2032) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4653 Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	0.85% Terrible	Lighting 0.07 Reflection 1.88 Parallax 1.44 0% 1.13 fps	MRender 3.62 Gravity 1.17 Splatting 3.7 2% 2.83 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.85% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 369GB free (System drive) Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 43 60 86 97 87 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	49.4% Average	Read 99.8 Write 114 Mixed 58.4 SusWrite 72 63% 85.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 69%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$30 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 15GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 58 58 57 57 57 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	32.7% Below average	Read 56.3 Write 60.7 Mixed 27 SusWrite 57.7 37% 50.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 88% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
M1 A01D06E1 1x8GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	34.2% Below average	MC Read 11.1 MC Write 10.9 MC Mixed 10.1 31% 10.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 11.1 SC Mixed 10.2 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 36%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 61%

Destroyer

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	1,322x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples	1,141x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	1,040x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	822x
Virtual NVMe Disk 64GBVmwareBench 62%, 2,103 samples	456x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	425x

Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $325

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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