Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	68% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 (62%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (76^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% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3470 CPU @ 3.20GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 90.6 1-Core 97.1 2-Core 190 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 339 49% 359 Pts	64-Core 364 22% 364 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 71%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow KC300 120GB-$80 2,344 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: 507KC4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 103 101 101 97 93 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	68% Good	Read 336 Write 208 Mixed 182 SusWrite 103 46% 207 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 81.7 4K Mixed 34.5 129% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 212 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 117 109% 169 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 724GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 198 196 196 197 198 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 158 Mixed 91.2 SusWrite 196 115% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB 8,818 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	29.4% Poor	MC Read 9.9 MC Write 9.5 MC Mixed 8.5 27% 9.3 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 7.7 24% 8.33 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 34%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 25%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	29x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	27x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	18x

Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $384

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