Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	32.1% 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	86.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

PC Performing above expectations (75^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% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 106 2-Core 210 79% 136 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 412 55% 413 Pts	64-Core 408 25% 408 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670-$435 47,610 User benchmarks, average bench 28% MSI(1462 2842) 2GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	32.1% Below average	Lighting 37.9 Reflection 35.8 Parallax 45.2 31% 39.7 fps	MRender 48.6 Gravity 44.3 Splatting 36.4 35% 43.1 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 271 273 275 269 266 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Read 476 Write 318 Mixed 252 SusWrite 260 73% 327 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 65 4K Mixed 34.2 120% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 271 218% 309 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 134%
WD Green 500GB (2012) 31,295 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 465GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 123 123 123 123 123 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	79% Very good	Read 154 Write 117 Mixed 119 SusWrite 122 95% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.7 167% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 27,024 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	53.4% Above average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 17 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 16.8 46% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 63%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	44x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 50%, 23,732 samples	43x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	38x

Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $665

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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