Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	52.2% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570 104,858 User benchmarks, average bench 65% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 92.3 1-Core 102 2-Core 197 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 388 52% 386 Pts	64-Core 386 24% 386 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 75%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3973) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	Lighting 66.4 Reflection 65.7 Parallax 58.5 54% 63.6 fps	MRender 69.2 Gravity 59.9 Splatting 51.5 48% 60.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 53 54 63 62 63 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	40.2% Average	Read 81.5 Write 67.2 Mixed 54 SusWrite 58.3 48% 65.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 136% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 68%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2010)-$35 32,229 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 392GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 81 82 88 89 88 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	Read 89.3 Write 89.7 Mixed 52 SusWrite 85.4 58% 79.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 50%
Samsung HM321HI 320GB-$90 12,451 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 124GB free Firmware: 2AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 66 67 74 73 73 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	40.8% Average	Read 72.2 Write 45.5 Mixed 44.8 SusWrite 69.7 43% 58 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5474-020.A00LF 99U5403-429.A00LF 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1400, 1400 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	51% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 15.9 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 15.9 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 51%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 61%

Destroyer

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	235x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	109x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	105x

Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $525

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