Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	64.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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 i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 90.1 1-Core 105 2-Core 209 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 396 53% 396 Pts	64-Core 391 24% 391 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 324GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 331 330 331 332 327 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	64.8% Good	Read 281 Write 330 Mixed 279 SusWrite 330 69% 305 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 39 4K Mixed 30.6 100% 32 MB/s	DQ Read 33.6 DQ Write 63.9 DQ Mixed 43.8 35% 47.1 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 134%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 797GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 91 91 91 91 92 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	51.3% Above average	Read 87.2 Write 77 Mixed 63.6 SusWrite 91.2 59% 79.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 5,808 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 17.7 58% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 18.1 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 63%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 18%

Surfboard

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 15%

Tree trunk

GPU
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	6x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	5x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	5x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	5x
Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 52%, 16,472 samples	3x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	2x

Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $307

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16