Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	2.47% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (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 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 as expected (57^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 (97^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 89.2 1-Core 112 2-Core 221 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 424 55% 413 Pts	64-Core 394 24% 394 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI HD 3650 4,070 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Asus(1043 01D6) 256MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.1100 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	2.47% Terrible	Lighting 2.73 Reflection 6.08 Parallax 1.22 2% 3.34 fps	MRender 3.43 Gravity 1.1 Splatting 5.52 3% 3.35 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 2.47% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: 505A Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 324 Write 146 Mixed 203 49% 224 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 47.1 4K Mixed 25.1 101% 33.8 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 118 96% 136 MB/s
Poor: 30% Great: 73%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 759GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 81 81 81 82 82 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	47.5% Average	Read 85 Write 82.3 Mixed 61.8 SusWrite 80.3 57% 77.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 57%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 272GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 149 148 151 150 152 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 53.8 Write 101 Mixed 65.3 SusWrite 147 67% 91.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 109%

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 @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	51.8% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 16 50% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 15.9 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 68.3 59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 51.8% 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	45x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	37x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	29x

Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $492

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