Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 71.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	20% 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	30.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing as expected (55^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 (98^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Memory 82.6 1-Core 95.4 2-Core 188 70% 122 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 350 47% 352 Pts	64-Core 348 22% 348 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 71%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz) 146,665 User benchmarks, average bench 1% MSI(1462 7788) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.5161 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.47% Terrible	Lighting 1.6 Reflection 0.5 Parallax 1.6 1% 1.23 fps	MRender 3.5 Gravity 1.1 Splatting 2.1 2% 2.23 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.47% Great: 2%
AMD HD 6970 9,594 User benchmarks, average bench 20% PwrHis(1787 2306) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	20% Poor	Lighting 25.3 Reflection 30.6 Parallax 27 21% 27.6 fps	MRender 24.6 Gravity 26.3 Splatting 19.5 19% 23.5 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0105A SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 119 10 62 7.2 29 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	30.9% Below average	Read 254 Write 228 Mixed 28 SusWrite 72.7 32% 146 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 13.7 4K Mixed 0.9 44% 12.7 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 6.6 DQ Mixed 4 28% 69.7 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 100%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$33 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 133GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 20 27 23 22 22 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 23% Great: 60%
WD Black 2.5" 320GB (2010)-$45 23,554 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 36GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 98 98 99 99 98 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 89.3 Write 92 Mixed 63.6 SusWrite 97.5 63% 85.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT102464BA160B.C16 859B CT51264BA160B.C16F 12GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.8% Below average	MC Read 11.4 MC Write 11.6 MC Mixed 10.8 32% 11.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 11.9 SC Mixed 12.2 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 75.9 53% 75.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 56%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 37%

Jet ski

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

Sail boat

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	4x
RX 460AMD $90Bench 20%, 64,240 samples	3x
GeForce GT 630NvidiaBench 4%, 60,212 samples	3x

SSD
Savage 240GBHyperX $120Bench 89%, 39,518 samples	4x
BX500 120GBCrucial $15Bench 55%, 37,154 samples	2x
CS900 240GBPNY $25Bench 73%, 61,417 samples	2x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	5x
SLA302G08-EDJ1C 2x4GBUnknownBench 49%, 410 samples	4x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 2,134 samples	2x

Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $617

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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