Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 60.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	19.6% 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	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 975-$550 3,143 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.35 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Memory 94 1-Core 35.5 2-Core 63.5 47% 64.3 Pts	4-Core 152 8-Core 352 29% 252 Pts	64-Core 420 26% 420 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5870 10,176 User benchmarks, average bench 19% AMD(1002 0B00) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	19.6% Very poor	Lighting 27.2 Reflection 14.8 Parallax 26.8 22% 22.9 fps	MRender 12.4 Gravity 21 Splatting 19 14% 17.5 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 20%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1.5TB 689 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 586GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 95 121 105 118 122 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Read 186 Write 176 Mixed 74 SusWrite 112 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 167%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3x2GB 45,030 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 3 of 3 slots used 6GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 21.1 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 11 28% 9.8 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 52%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	5x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	5x
WDBNCE0010PNC 1TBWDCBench 97%, 21,221 samples	5x

Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $388

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