Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 23% 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 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 73.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	33.9% 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	47.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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 i5-3470S 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 (95^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Memory 85.3 1-Core 97 2-Core 185 71% 122 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 343 47% 349 Pts	64-Core 355 22% 355 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 74%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz) 146,665 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Intel(8086 2043) 3GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.5059 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	1.71% Terrible	Lighting 1.77 Reflection 1.73 Parallax 1.38 1% 1.62 fps	MRender 3.52 Gravity 1.07 Splatting 3.43 2% 2.68 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.71% Great: 2%
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Asus(1043 047E) 3GB CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1300 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 18.12.3 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	33.9% Below average	Lighting 43.5 Reflection 31.3 Parallax 54.4 36% 43.1 fps	MRender 29.8 Gravity 42.6 Splatting 39.1 31% 37.1 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 180GB-$132 14,258 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 73 60 67 49 40 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	47.5% Average	Read 244 Write 184 Mixed 208 SusWrite 61 39% 174 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 45.3 4K Mixed 29.2 99% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 34.9 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 40.4 39% 58.6 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 88%
WD Black 500GB (2012)-$47 20,548 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 458GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 178 181 179 179 181 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 166 Mixed 71.3 SusWrite 180 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1.1 232% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 105%
WD WD15EURS-63S48Y0 1.5TB 485 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 80 81 81 60 48 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	46.7% Average	Read 91.1 Write 86.2 Mixed 60.7 SusWrite 71.4 57% 77.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 99U5403-075.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX 99U5403-075.A00LF 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	51.5% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 15.8 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 16.5 SC Mixed 17.1 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 52%

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	1,139x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	1,040x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	821x
Virtual NVMe Disk 64GBVmwareBench 62%, 2,103 samples	455x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	424x

Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $325

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