Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 67.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	7.74% 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 10 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 as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3470-$59 223,595 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Memory 73.9 1-Core 44.3 2-Core 131 50% 83.1 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 339 47% 348 Pts	64-Core 355 22% 355 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 740 30,433 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Zotac(19DA 5269) 2GB CLim: 993 MHz, MLim: 445 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	7.74% Terrible	Lighting 8.8 Reflection 7.31 Parallax 8.53 7% 8.21 fps	MRender 9.05 Gravity 11.2 Splatting 11.7 9% 10.6 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.74% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 182GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 120 125 135 137 145 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	68% Good	Read 113 Write 95.3 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 124 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 213% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 109%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB-$23 80,932 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 152GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 69 75 69 72 70 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	45.1% Average	Read 88.5 Write 53.5 Mixed 39 SusWrite 68.7 46% 62.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 134% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HB3DU004GFM8MML16 8GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1067, 1067 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.9% Below average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 12.9 39% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 9.5 28% 9.73 GB/s	Latency 92.6 43% 92.6 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 57%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 25%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	24x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	15x
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	14x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	27x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	17x
PLUS 240GBSandiskBench 45%, 86,316 samples	7x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 16,567 samples	7x
KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX316C10/8 16GBKingstonBench 42%, 6 samples	6x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	4x

Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $384

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16