Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.78% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570 104,858 User benchmarks, average bench 65% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570 CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 89.8 1-Core 104 2-Core 201 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 385 52% 389 Pts	64-Core 393 24% 393 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 75%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz) 146,665 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.3958 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	1.78% Terrible	Lighting 1.87 Reflection 1.88 Parallax 1.41 2% 1.72 fps	MRender 3.24 Gravity 1.17 Splatting 3.7 2% 2.7 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.78% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 118 144 151 151 151 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Read 138 Write 136 Mixed 66.5 SusWrite 142 88% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 113%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 136 136 138 136 136 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Read 136 Write 124 Mixed 77.1 SusWrite 137 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB 8,818 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	28.8% Poor	MC Read 9.6 MC Write 9.5 MC Mixed 8.5 26% 9.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.4 SC Write 7 SC Mixed 7.7 22% 7.7 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 34%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 62%

Destroyer

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	96x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	95x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	69x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	34x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	12x
99U5471-020.A00LF 2x4GBKingstonBench 48%, 6,486 samples	9x

Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $424

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