Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.76% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

PC Performing way above expectations (90^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% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Memory 85.8 1-Core 97.8 2-Core 191 72% 125 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 368 48% 364 Pts	64-Core 365 23% 365 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz) 146,665 User benchmarks, average bench 1% MSI(1462 2111) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4276 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	1.76% Terrible	Lighting 1.8 Reflection 1.81 Parallax 1.38 2% 1.66 fps	MRender 3.67 Gravity 1.1 Splatting 3.52 2% 2.76 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.76% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 462 Write 465 Mixed 343 94% 423 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 95.2 4K Mixed 43.8 158% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 37.2 DQ Write 76.8 DQ Mixed 47.6 39% 53.9 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 115%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 26GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 105 104 104 104 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	Read 101 Write 60.4 Mixed 53.9 SusWrite 103 58% 79.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 78.B1GET.CFZ0C Samsung M378B5273CH0-CK0 8GB 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	54.2% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 17.2 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 14.3 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 36%

Jet ski

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 28%

Raft

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	14x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBKingstonBench 54%, 1,969 samples	5x
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 58%, 7,298 samples	5x

Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $227

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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