Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 63.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	28.5% 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	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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (44^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 below expectations (29^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Memory 81.8 1-Core 95.2 2-Core 170 68% 116 Pts	4-Core 261 8-Core 280 36% 270 Pts	64-Core 295 18% 295 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 3552) 2GB CLim: 1320 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	28.5% Poor	Lighting 35.6 Reflection 34.8 Parallax 44.8 29% 38.4 fps	MRender 41.8 Gravity 30.3 Splatting 30.9 28% 34.3 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 1TB-$50 17,310 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: CV26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 66 87 87 84 91 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Read 157 Write 152 Mixed 80 SusWrite 81.3 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 119%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$65 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 96GB free Firmware: 12.01B02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 73 73 74 74 74 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	41.3% Average	Read 70.3 Write 68 Mixed 49 SusWrite 73 48% 65.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5402-461.A00LF 04CD F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 99U5402-461.A00LF 04CD F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.5% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 16.2 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 13.3 SC Mixed 12.8 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 77.3 52% 77.3 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 51%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 39%

Jet ski

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	26x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	17x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	13x

Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $465

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16