Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 6% 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 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 73.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.05% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	99.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (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 i5-3470-$59 223,595 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Memory 82.4 1-Core 99.6 2-Core 197 72% 126 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 384 51% 381 Pts	64-Core 371 23% 371 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 4300 14,988 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 02A8) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.7000 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.05% Terrible	Lighting 1.4 Reflection 2.9 Parallax 1.4 1% 1.9 fps	MRender 1.3 Gravity 0.4 Splatting 1.4 1% 1.03 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.05% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB-$104 80,665 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 695GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 448 448 448 443 443 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 456 Mixed 428 SusWrite 445 102% 454 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 48.4 4K Mixed 35.6 117% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 391 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 365 276% 370 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 128%
Samsung 970 Evo 250GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 122% 35GB free Firmware: 0208 SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 330 330 329 327 326 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 367 Write 325 Mixed 329 SusWrite 332 76% 338 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 30.4 4K Mixed 27.3 91% 28 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 158 112% 141 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 295%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 174 185 185 185 185 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 166 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 183 98% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.5 144% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5673FH0-CH9 Hynix HMT325U6CFR8C-H9 M378B5773DH0-CH9 Hynix HMT325U7BFR8A-H9 8GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	52% Above average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 16.3 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 16 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 76.3 52% 76.3 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 52%

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	7x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	5x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	1x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	5x
320 Series 160GBIntel $149Bench 42%, 13,029 samples	1x
XPG SX900 128GBAdata $103Bench 68%, 6,500 samples	1x

RAM
PSD34G16002 2x4GBPatriotBench 49%, 841 samples	3x
M378B5173DB0-CK0 2x4GBSamsungBench 51%, 14,844 samples	2x
M378B5673FH0-CH9 Hynix HMT325U6CFR8C-H9 M378B5773DH0-CH9 Hynix HMT325U7BFR8A-H9 8GBSamsungBench 49%, 4 samples	2x

Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $87

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16