Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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	1.72% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	54.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

PC Performing as expected (58^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 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 90.6 1-Core 88.3 2-Core 198 73% 126 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 376 48% 366 Pts	64-Core 378 23% 378 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz) 146,665 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.5059 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	1.72% Terrible	Lighting 1.77 Reflection 1.77 Parallax 1.34 1% 1.63 fps	MRender 3.48 Gravity 1.1 Splatting 3.48 2% 2.68 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.72% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: 000F SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 140 91 90 116 89 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Read 443 Write 187 Mixed 227 SusWrite 108 53% 241 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 52 4K Mixed 14.6 83% 30.3 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 29.7 49% 95.6 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 72%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 226GB free Firmware: M0CR031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 361 313 137 144 141 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Read 450 Write 396 Mixed 318 SusWrite 242 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 57.8 4K Mixed 31.8 107% 37.8 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 258 195% 259 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 95%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 442GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 90 90 89 91 88 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	66% Good	Read 140 Write 127 Mixed 76.7 SusWrite 89.9 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Transcend JM1600KLH-8G 1x8GB 981 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	34.1% Below average	MC Read 11.5 MC Write 11.3 MC Mixed 9.7 31% 10.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 11 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 34%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	135x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	123x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	103x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	50x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 50%, 27,024 samples	45x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	39x

Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $332

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