Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 70.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	12.1% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

15 months ago, 5 months ago.

PC Performing as expected (56^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-$50 185,516 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 above expectations (72^nd percentile)	70.7% Very good	Memory 89.2 1-Core 96.2 2-Core 190 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 302 8-Core 309 41% 306 Pts	64-Core 319 20% 319 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6850 31,600 User benchmarks, average bench 12% MSI(1462 2442) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	12.1% Very poor	Lighting 16.6 Reflection 18.6 Parallax 14.7 14% 16.6 fps	MRender 12.7 Gravity 11.9 Splatting 10.4 9% 11.7 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.1% Great: 13%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 686GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1AJ100E5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 81 92 94 75 95 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	43.8% Average	Read 69.2 Write 106 Mixed 61.6 SusWrite 83 59% 79.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.1 188% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 3x4GB 659 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 18.6 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 17.7 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 59%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	137x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	124x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	104x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	50x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 50%, 27,024 samples	46x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	39x

Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $247