Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	64.3% 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 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (48^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)	77.9% Very good	Memory 90.6 1-Core 98 2-Core 196 75% 128 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 379 51% 378 Pts	64-Core 377 23% 377 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 71%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370 128GB-$74 4,687 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1114B SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 137 86 90 56 120 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Read 470 Write 146 Mixed 200 SusWrite 105 50% 230 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 52.6 4K Mixed 28.1 98% 34.5 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 147 122% 179 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 83%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 113GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 173 156 183 141 132 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 148 Mixed 35.5 SusWrite 156 90% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 165% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 107%
WD RE4 500GB (2010)-$30 12,344 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 18GB free Firmware: 01.01S01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 73 73 71 69 70 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	42.2% Average	Read 75.5 Write 71.4 Mixed 56.8 SusWrite 71.1 51% 68.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 169% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-431.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C9D3/4GX 12GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	51.6% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 16.2 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 16.6 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 53%

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
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	56x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	56x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	41x

Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $560

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16