Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 4% 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. 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 68.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	3.72% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Memory 86.7 1-Core 99.2 2-Core 183 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 294 8-Core 303 40% 298 Pts	64-Core 340 21% 340 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5500 5,613 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Sapphire(174B E142) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	3.72% Terrible	Lighting 4.53 Reflection 6.15 Parallax 3.56 4% 4.75 fps	MRender 5.29 Gravity 2.93 Splatting 5.35 4% 4.52 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.72% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST3160815AS 160GB-$46 33,785 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4.AAA SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 20 19 19 20 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	14.7% Very poor	Read 30 Write 20.7 Mixed 39 SusWrite 21 21% 27.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.3 57% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.7% Great: 42%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 117 115 115 115 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	65.1% Good	Read 111 Write 123 Mixed 66 SusWrite 116 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 72%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: MN6OA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 134 135 134 134 136 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	78% Very good	Read 137 Write 137 Mixed 67 SusWrite 135 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 179% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5402-521.A00LF 029E CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 99U5402-493.A00LF 029E CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 16GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.9% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 16.1 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 16.4 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 70.7 56% 70.7 ns

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 39%

Jet ski

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	77x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	74x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	35x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	29x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 50%, 23,732 samples	26x

Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $849

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