Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 16% 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 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 73.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	29.5% 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	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 i5-3450-$59 34,199 User benchmarks, average bench 66% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3450 CPU @ 3.10GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	73.6% Very good	Memory 86.8 1-Core 83.9 2-Core 146 65% 106 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 342 47% 347 Pts	64-Core 330 20% 330 Pts
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% AMD(1002 0B04) 2GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.6.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	29.5% Poor	Lighting 37.1 Reflection 33.2 Parallax 45 30% 38.4 fps	MRender 29.7 Gravity 32.7 Splatting 38.3 28% 33.6 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 324GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 98 82 118 123 119 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Read 128 Write 157 Mixed 70.3 SusWrite 107 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 131% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 114%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA630 1TB 13,178 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 171GB free Firmware: JP4OA41A SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 135 138 139 138 139 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Read 132 Write 133 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 138 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown RMR5030MM58E8F1600 Kingston 9905474-019.A00LF Samsung M378B5173QH0-CK0 8GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	37.3% Below average	MC Read 12.1 MC Write 12.6 MC Mixed 11.5 34% 12.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 13.2 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 37%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 24%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	35x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	30x
99U5471-054.A00LF 2x8GBKingstonBench 53%, 9,823 samples	15x

Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $384

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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