Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	18.8% 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	48.8% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing as expected (49^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% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 98.5 2-Core 193 76% 129 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 377 51% 378 Pts	64-Core 387 24% 387 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6950-$290 24,657 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Sapphire(174B 186B) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	18.8% Very poor	Lighting 24.3 Reflection 27.5 Parallax 23.5 20% 25.1 fps	MRender 22.8 Gravity 22 Splatting 17.9 17% 20.9 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 18.8% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT07B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 42 39 33 34 34 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	48.8% Average	Read 367 Write 67.8 Mixed 84 SusWrite 38.5 30% 139 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 53.7 4K Mixed 17.5 82% 30.6 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 78.7 DQ Mixed 47.6 66% 125 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 73%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 108GB free Firmware: GM4OA5CA SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 55 56 55 56 53 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	28.2% Poor	Read 43.8 Write 59.8 Mixed 26.3 SusWrite 54.3 34% 46 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 96% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 44,086 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 20 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 16 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 56.1 71% 56.1 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 64%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	56x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	56x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	41x

Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $560

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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