Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	68.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (64^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% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 91.8 1-Core 102 2-Core 203 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 372 50% 372 Pts	64-Core 367 23% 367 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2986) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Lighting 87.2 Reflection 90.8 Parallax 79.1 71% 85.7 fps	MRender 83.7 Gravity 80.4 Splatting 72.2 64% 78.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 460 Write 438 Mixed 296 88% 398 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 59 4K Mixed 38.3 128% 43 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 178 183% 300 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 465GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 115 118 116 115 113 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Read 111 Write 108 Mixed 78.7 SusWrite 114 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 216% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 109%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 137GB free Firmware: 3.AAE SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 51 52 52 51 51 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	34.1% Below average	Read 67.1 Write 67.9 Mixed 48 SusWrite 51.4 43% 58.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 136% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1600C9-4GAB 04CD F3-1600C8-4GAB 04CD F3-1600C9-4GAB 04CD F3-1600C8-4GAB 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	58.2% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 18.1 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 18 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 58%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

Sail boat

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	83x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	63x
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	58x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	24x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	21x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 50%, 23,732 samples	19x

Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $439

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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