Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	39.6% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

PC Performing above expectations (73^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% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 100 2-Core 199 77% 131 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 391 52% 389 Pts	64-Core 390 24% 390 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7970-$435 6,727 User benchmarks, average bench 36% AMD(1002 3000) 3GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.4.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	39.6% Below average	Lighting 51.5 Reflection 34.1 Parallax 64.4 42% 50 fps	MRender 32.1 Gravity 52.8 Splatting 42.7 35% 42.5 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 40%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 190 196 184 191 195 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 215 Write 172 Mixed 93 SusWrite 190 122% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 163% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 112%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 14GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 69 68 69 67 66 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	47.5% Average	Read 96.8 Write 100 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 68.3 66% 88.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 129GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 99 98 99 98 94 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Read 98 Write 99.5 Mixed 63 SusWrite 97.8 66% 89.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 179% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1800 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	68% Good	MC Read 24.3 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 22.5 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 19.1 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 56.5 71% 56.5 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 72%

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