Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	9.58% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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	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 8 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 above expectations (75^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 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 103 2-Core 203 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 400 53% 397 Pts	64-Core 396 24% 396 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Zotac(19DA 5194) 1GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1026 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	9.58% Terrible	Lighting 10.7 Reflection 12.9 Parallax 9.31 9% 11 fps	MRender 15 Gravity 11.2 Splatting 14.7 11% 13.6 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.58% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$23 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 828GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 107 109 113 121 126 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 123 Write 91.4 Mixed 77 SusWrite 113 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 87%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1GB free Firmware: 01.0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 63.7 Write 71.7 Mixed 65.8 50% 67.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 110% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% Great: 109%
Seagate BUP Slim SL 2TB 196 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 304GB free, PID ab26 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 83 83 83 83 83 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	41.9% Average	Read 59.4 Write 55.5 Mixed 46.9 SusWrite 83 84% 61.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 1.1 206% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	50.4% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 15.7 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 15.2 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 62%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	44x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 50%, 23,732 samples	43x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	38x

Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $665

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