Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	21% 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	76.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (79^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% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 112 2-Core 223 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 432 56% 425 Pts	64-Core 425 26% 425 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Zotac(19DA 1281) 2GB CLim: 1228 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	21% Poor	Lighting 24.3 Reflection 21.8 Parallax 27.2 20% 24.4 fps	MRender 33.3 Gravity 29.7 Splatting 25 24% 29.3 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21% Great: 21%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 251 258 285 274 277 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Read 418 Write 333 Mixed 282 SusWrite 273 73% 326 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 64.8 4K Mixed 31 110% 39.9 MB/s	DQ Read 102 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 137 125% 184 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 9,885 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 23.1 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 21.3 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 57.1 70% 57.1 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 69%

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
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	45x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	37x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	29x

Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $492

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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