Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	36.8% 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)
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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 (70^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 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 92.5 1-Core 102 2-Core 200 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 388 50% 380 Pts	64-Core 395 24% 395 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2966) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.8% Below average	Lighting 47.6 Reflection 47 Parallax 42.7 39% 45.8 fps	MRender 39.8 Gravity 43 Splatting 38.5 33% 40.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 323 Write 345 Mixed 231 67% 300 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 43.7 4K Mixed 23 80% 28.3 MB/s	DQ Read 196 DQ Write 85 DQ Mixed 110 90% 131 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 104%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 231GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 166 166 165 167 168 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Read 135 Write 147 Mixed 17.9 SusWrite 166 84% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 170% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 108%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 324GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 92 93 92 94 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Read 129 Write 131 Mixed 31 SusWrite 92.8 70% 95.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 162% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 1,524 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	64.1% Good	MC Read 23 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 21.2 64% 22.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 19.2 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 64%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 37%

Jet ski

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

Raft

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	17x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	16x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	15x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	9x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 75%, 4,979 samples	6x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBCorsairBench 52%, 2,501 samples	6x

Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $537

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