Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	5.58% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (75^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% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 105 2-Core 208 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 390 53% 394 Pts	64-Core 397 25% 397 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 75%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9800 GT 19,550 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Zotac(19DA 2115) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 341.92 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	5.58% Terrible	Lighting 7.7 Reflection 7.88 Parallax 2.56 6% 6.05 fps	MRender 4.52 Gravity 5.8 Splatting 5.17 4% 5.17 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.58% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HDS721050CLA360 500GB 12,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 389GB free (System drive) Firmware: JP2OA50E SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 80 111 104 103 104 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	Read 111 Write 111 Mixed 59.4 SusWrite 95.8 69% 94.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 77%
431 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 28GB free, PID 0917 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 28 27 27 27 27 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	13.4% Very poor	Read 32.2 Write 25.5 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 25.2 37% 27.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 1.4 88% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 13.4% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-020.A00LF 1x4GB 3,387 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 1 of 2 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	30.3% Below average	MC Read 9.7 MC Write 9.5 MC Mixed 8.7 27% 9.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 10.1 SC Mixed 9.6 28% 9.7 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 30%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	149x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	90x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	72x

Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $87

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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