Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	27.7% 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	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
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 above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3470-$59 223,595 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	69.9% Good	Memory 80.1 1-Core 46.1 2-Core 112 50% 79.6 Pts	4-Core 345 8-Core 353 46% 349 Pts	64-Core 348 22% 348 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% Gigabyte(1458 226C) CLim: 975 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.1.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	27.7% Poor	Lighting 34.8 Reflection 31.5 Parallax 42 28% 36.1 fps	MRender 28.2 Gravity 30.6 Splatting 36 26% 31.6 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 120GB (2016)-$84 21,990 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 53GB free Firmware: Z3311000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 126 87 88 88 86 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	49.1% Average	Read 396 Write 334 Mixed 311 SusWrite 119 65% 290 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 54.3 4K Mixed 14.5 79% 29.9 MB/s	DQ Read 21.8 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 17 26% 47.3 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 71%
Seagate ST3750330AS 750GB-$137 3,651 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: SD15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 66 72 81 84 84 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	46% Average	Read 86 Write 81 Mixed 43 SusWrite 74.2 52% 71.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 131% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905584-015.A00LF Samsung M378B5173DB0-CK0 Transcend TS512MLK64V6H 99U5403-466.A00LF 20GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	48.5% Average	MC Read 18 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 16 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 10 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 80.4 50% 80.4 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 48%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 61%

Destroyer

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	1,322x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples	1,139x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	1,040x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	821x
Virtual NVMe Disk 64GBVmwareBench 62%, 2,103 samples	455x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	424x

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