Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 73.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	25.1% 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	49.9% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (54^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% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 99.5 2-Core 186 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 371 48% 364 Pts	64-Core 384 24% 384 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 8581) 2GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 359.6 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	25.1% Poor	Lighting 30.8 Reflection 30.7 Parallax 30.3 25% 30.6 fps	MRender 35.4 Gravity 28.2 Splatting 29 25% 30.9 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 25.1% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 132GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01.4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 249 58 51 50 52 53 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	49.9% Average	Read 423 Write 371 Mixed 90.2 SusWrite 85.4 54% 243 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 18 4K Mixed 22.9 73% 21.1 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 23.2 DQ Mixed 39.3 47% 86.7 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 91%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 104GB free Firmware: CR100-12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 65 65 65 65 64 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	35.9% Below average	Read 60.2 Write 65.2 Mixed 46 SusWrite 64.9 44% 59.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 123% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 44%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 369GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 106 105 106 106 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	61.4% Good	Read 108 Write 40.7 Mixed 48 SusWrite 106 56% 75.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	50.3% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 16.8 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 14.6 SC Mixed 11.7 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 73 55% 73 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 62%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	48x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	42x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	35x

Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $280

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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