Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.32% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	59.2% 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 above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$50 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 86 1-Core 106 2-Core 213 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 427 57% 424 Pts	64-Core 425 26% 425 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)-$15 52,547 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 2111) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4252 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	3.32% Terrible	Lighting 4 Reflection 1.9 Parallax 2.8 3% 2.9 fps	MRender 5.1 Gravity 2.4 Splatting 4.9 3% 4.13 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.32% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSDPR-CL100-240-G3 240GB 1,084 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: T0521A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 226 224 225 227 227 MB/s Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	59.2% Above average	Read 253 Write 224 Mixed 228 SusWrite 226 52% 233 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 45.5 4K Mixed 22.5 89% 30.6 MB/s	DQ Read 180 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 44.3 72% 137 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 89%
Intel Raid 5 Volume 640GB 48 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 596GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.9 7.9 7.9 7.7 7.5 8.5 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	40.6% Average	Read 134 Write 7 Mixed 13.9 SusWrite 7.9 29% 40.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 102%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL8-8-8 DDR3-1600 4x2GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 16.8 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 17.7 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 65%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 27%

Raft

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 23%

Surfboard

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	2x
1600LL Series 2x4GBUnknownBench 50%, 610 samples	2x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 59%, 3,839 samples	2x

Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $621

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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