Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	9.89% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	82.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 94 1-Core 118 2-Core 220 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 528 55% 441 Pts	64-Core 550 34% 550 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Sapphire(174B E246) 2GB CLim: 984 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.1.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	9.89% Terrible	Lighting 0.03 Reflection 31.7 Parallax 49.2 0% 27 fps	MRender 28.4 Gravity 36.9 Splatting 39.1 29% 34.8 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 9.89% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: X211200 SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 203 177 183 172 190 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Read 487 Write 246 Mixed 146 SusWrite 189 59% 267 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 84.6 4K Mixed 32.8 132% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 311 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 116 121% 202 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 100GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 104 106 106 106 106 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Read 136 Write 116 Mixed 81 SusWrite 106 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 28,220 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 17 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 17.5 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 56.6% 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 76%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

Raft

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	138x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	131x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	106x

Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $364

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16