Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.8% 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	29.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (55^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% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 114 2-Core 232 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 457 62% 460 Pts	64-Core 464 29% 464 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	Lighting 67.8 Reflection 68.2 Parallax 61.5 55% 65.9 fps	MRender 73.8 Gravity 63.5 Splatting 53.5 51% 63.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240 GB 240GB 24,911 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF3600RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 61 93 103 115 135 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	29.4% Poor	Read 425 Write 326 Mixed 66.5 SusWrite 89.6 50% 227 MB/s	4K Read 16.2 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.9 26% 5.8 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 56%
Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB 89,596 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 591GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 73 79 80 80 79 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	36.7% Below average	Read 48.5 Write 83.9 Mixed 48.7 SusWrite 78.1 48% 64.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.4 157% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 71%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 110GB free Firmware: CC37 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 56 55 54 54 54 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	47% Average	Read 109 Write 76.8 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 54.7 54% 73.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 168% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 70%

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 above expectations (81^st percentile)	53.7% Above average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 16.5 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 17.7 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 62%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 37%

Jet ski

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

Raft

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	138x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	131x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	105x

Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $364

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