Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (83^rd 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 4 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 110 2-Core 222 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 433 57% 430 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3777) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2040 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Lighting 80 Reflection 79.7 Parallax 69 65% 76.3 fps	MRender 72.9 Gravity 74.3 Splatting 76.7 61% 74.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: JC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 40 82 99 99 83 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	49.2% Average	Read 92.5 Write 88 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 78.7 59% 79.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 70%
WD WD5002ABYS-02B1B0 500GB 8,392 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 329GB free Firmware: 02.03B02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 104 104 105 105 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Read 112 Write 111 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 104 73% 99.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 64%
Seagate Expansion+ 1TB 4,125 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 827GB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 108 92 95 96 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 118 Write 88.5 Mixed 78.5 SusWrite 99.4 71% 96.1 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 207% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 7,948 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 23.7 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 19.7 56% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 57.5 70% 57.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 70%

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	48x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	42x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	35x

Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $280

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