Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 73.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.47% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	56.8% 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 (50^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 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Memory 82 1-Core 100 2-Core 195 72% 126 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 378 51% 379 Pts	64-Core 360 22% 360 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 73.8% 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% Intel(8086 2111) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4252 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.47% Terrible	Lighting 1.6 Reflection 1.7 Parallax 1.4 1% 1.57 fps	MRender 3.5 Gravity 1.1 Splatting 2.1 2% 2.23 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.47% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 480GB-$42 17,946 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 410GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900613 SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 107 87 89 87 89 MB/s Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	56.8% Above average	Read 254 Write 186 Mixed 220 SusWrite 115 43% 194 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 41.8 4K Mixed 28.1 99% 32.3 MB/s	DQ Read 207 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 156 130% 187 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 102%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 32GB 6,329 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 28GB free, PID 1665 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3 4.8 5 4.4 5.1 5.8 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	4.47% Terrible	Read 15.3 Write 7.5 Mixed 6.3 SusWrite 4.7 10% 8.45 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 19% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.47% Great: 9%
Hitachi HTS543232L9A300 320GB 70 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 167GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 24 24 24 24 24 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	12.7% Very poor	Read 27 Write 24.8 Mixed 20.6 SusWrite 24.3 32% 24.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 60% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.7% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-012.A00LF 2x4GB 7,477 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 16.4 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 16.6 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 76.9 52% 76.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 54%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	2,012x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	1,354x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	709x

Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $87

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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16