Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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 above expectations (81^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 125 2-Core 250 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 495 66% 494 Pts	64-Core 487 30% 487 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: 040H Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 466 Write 191 Mixed 229 65% 295 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 66.3 4K Mixed 15.2 92% 35.3 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 29 46% 88.9 MB/s
Poor: 44% Great: 72%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 78GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 102 96 104 94 102 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Read 82 Write 78.5 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 99.9 56% 76.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.1 40% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 72%
TOSHIBA USB 3.5"-HDD 1.5TB 258 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 41GB free, PID 0b09 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 37 37 37 37 37 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	18.5% Very poor	Read 37 Write 23.5 Mixed 34.5 SusWrite 36.9 44% 33 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 80% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 18.5% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 301 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	63.3% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 20.4 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 18.8 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 64%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 24%

Surfboard

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

RAM
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 50%, 27,024 samples	8x
99U5471-050.A00LF 99U5471-040.A00LF 16GBKingstonBench 48%, 13 samples	5x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	5x

Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $223

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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16