Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 63.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	46.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	67.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2300 19,722 User benchmarks, average bench 64% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Memory 89.8 1-Core 76.4 2-Core 141 63% 102 Pts	4-Core 210 8-Core 270 31% 240 Pts	64-Core 240 15% 240 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3679) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 418.91 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	46.3% Average	Lighting 55.7 Reflection 65.6 Parallax 57.2 45% 59.5 fps	MRender 71.9 Gravity 55.3 Splatting 52.3 48% 59.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 120GB 22,748 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 52 108 73 74 81 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 448 Write 272 Mixed 316 SusWrite 91.5 63% 282 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 49.8 4K Mixed 27.5 106% 35.6 MB/s	DQ Read 247 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 9.1 78% 179 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 94%
WD WD5000AZLX-00K4KA0 500GB 44,506 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 466GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 171 186 187 185 186 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 166 Mixed 82 SusWrite 184 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1 204% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 104%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$70 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 84 85 86 86 84 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	49% Average	Read 85.5 Write 83.2 Mixed 61.2 SusWrite 84.9 58% 78.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBRL F3-12800CL9 GBRL Kingston ACR256X64D3U1333C9 Kingston ACR256X64D3U1333C9 12GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.6% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 15.3 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 13.7 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 50%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 58%

Gunboat

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	156x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	38x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	26x

RAM
HU524303EP0200 4x2GBUnifosaBench 49%, 508 samples	47x
HU564403EP0200 2x4GBUnifosaBench 49%, 909 samples	22x
GU512303EP0202 3x2GBUnifosaBench 39%, 442 samples	20x

Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $193

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16