Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 72.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	43.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	62.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (59^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% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Memory 89 1-Core 93.9 2-Core 188 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 327 8-Core 331 44% 329 Pts	64-Core 345 21% 345 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3679) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 535.98 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	43.6% Average	Lighting 51.5 Reflection 66.4 Parallax 63.8 42% 60.6 fps	MRender 67.8 Gravity 55.4 Splatting 51.6 47% 58.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 192 197 204 205 202 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 416 Write 175 Mixed 177 SusWrite 191 53% 240 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 71.9 4K Mixed 11.8 91% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 173 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 78.4 88% 147 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 78%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$27 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 459GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 125 127 126 127 126 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 129 Write 130 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 124 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT102464BD160B.M16 859B CT102464BD160B.C16 16GB 78 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.2 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 18 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 61%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 25%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	59x
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	58x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	52x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	18x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	17x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	13x

Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $454

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