Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 72.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	26.9% 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)
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Memory 81.9 1-Core 98.3 2-Core 200 72% 127 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 344 49% 358 Pts	64-Core 383 24% 383 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670-$435 47,610 User benchmarks, average bench 28% EVGA(3842 2670) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (48^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26.9% Poor	Lighting 30.6 Reflection 32.2 Parallax 39.8 25% 34.2 fps	MRender 45.4 Gravity 36.5 Splatting 33 31% 38.3 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 26.9% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 9GB free Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 90 75 71 76 71 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	46.6% Average	Read 176 Write 110 Mixed 141 SusWrite 77.6 28% 126 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 55.2 4K Mixed 26.6 93% 33.9 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 110 88% 125 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 61%
WD Black 500GB (2012)-$47 20,548 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 108 Write 102 Mixed 57.7 66% 89.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.5 110% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 43% Great: 105%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 117GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 82 83 85 84 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	51.7% Above average	Read 96.2 Write 92.3 Mixed 66.6 SusWrite 83.5 62% 84.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 84%
General USB Flash Disk 8GB 402 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 0GB free, PID 800e Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 15.6 Write 3.3 Mixed 4.5 8% 7.8 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 14% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 2% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML8GX3M2A1600C9 029E CML8GX3M2A1600C9 029E CML4GX3M1A1600C9 029E CML8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	50.2% Above average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 15.6 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 15.5 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 77 52% 77 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 50%

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	309x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	268x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	237x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	90x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	86x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	81x

Value: 60% - Good

Total price: $581

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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