Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.47% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	66.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 (65^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% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	74% Very good	Memory 80.2 1-Core 103 2-Core 202 73% 129 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 384 52% 389 Pts	64-Core 376 23% 376 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)-$15 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Gigabyte(1458 D000) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4358 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	3.47% Terrible	Lighting 3.83 Reflection 5 Parallax 2.88 3% 3.9 fps	MRender 4.76 Gravity 2.33 Splatting 7.22 4% 4.77 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.47% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate BarraCuda SSD ZA500CM10002 500GB 7,894 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 422GB free (System drive) Firmware: STAS1024 SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 178 341 311 321 326 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Read 384 Write 327 Mixed 280 SusWrite 301 72% 323 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 41.9 4K Mixed 28.9 96% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 33 DQ Write 88.7 DQ Mixed 42.2 38% 54.6 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 113%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 197GB free Firmware: 3.AAK SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 67 72 74 73 74 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	41% Average	Read 71.2 Write 49.8 Mixed 45 SusWrite 71.4 44% 59.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	44.1% Average	MC Read 12.9 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 15.1 44% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 10.3 SC Mixed 14.7 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 80.2 50% 80.2 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 45%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 61%

Destroyer

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	8x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	8x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	7x

Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $325

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