Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 60.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	20.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	56% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3470T-$130 3,684 User benchmarks, average bench 56% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Memory 81 1-Core 100 2-Core 172 69% 118 Pts	4-Core 232 8-Core 232 31% 232 Pts	64-Core 232 14% 232 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Device(0000 0000) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	20.3% Poor	Lighting 23.3 Reflection 23.7 Parallax 32.7 19% 26.6 fps	MRender 32.5 Gravity 27.4 Splatting 24.6 23% 28.2 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP S700 120GB-$30 4,522 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0704A1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 111 116 118 119 120 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 390 Write 329 Mixed 330 SusWrite 112 65% 290 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 54.8 4K Mixed 23 101% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 34.2 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 27.7 34% 57 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 95%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA660 500GB 17,638 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 318GB free Firmware: JP2OA50E SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 116 116 119 119 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Read 118 Write 101 Mixed 64.7 SusWrite 113 73% 99.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 76%
Philips USB Flash Drive 8GB 456 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 3GB free, PID 4200 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.4 3 3.5 3.1 3.5 3.1 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6 Write 3 SusWrite 2.9 4% 3.97 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 18% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 3% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5673FH0-CF8 M378B5673EH1-CF8 M378B5673EH1-CF8 M378B5673EH1-CF8 8GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	43.6% Average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 13.7 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 14.9 42% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 78.6 51% 78.6 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 44%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	9x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	6x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	5x

SSD
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	4x
750 EVO 250GBSamsung $55Bench 94%, 75,831 samples	2x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	2x

RAM
M378B5273CH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 47%, 5,657 samples	3x
51264Y133I 04EF Team-Elite-1600 8GBUnknownBench 46%, 3 samples	2x
99U5471-012.A00LF 029E CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 12GBKingstonBench 36%, 14 samples	2x

Value: 44% - Average

Total price: $148

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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