Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.17% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	56.7% 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 above expectations (73^rd 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% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3470 CPU @ 3.20GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Memory 87.6 1-Core 98.7 2-Core 194 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 380 50% 375 Pts	64-Core 360 22% 360 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Sapphire(174B E164) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.17% Terrible	Lighting 1.37 Reflection 2 Parallax 1.69 1% 1.68 fps	MRender 1.86 Gravity 0.83 Splatting 1.87 1% 1.52 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.17% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
3 480GB SSD 480GB 3,645 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 415GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1230A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 133 135 132 131 129 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Read 333 Write 219 Mixed 245 SusWrite 132 52% 232 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 46.4 4K Mixed 24.6 94% 32 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 48.6 63% 114 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 101%
Hitachi HDS721050DLE630 500GB 10,673 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 343GB free Firmware: MS1OA610 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 125 132 136 137 139 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Read 146 Write 147 Mixed 30.8 SusWrite 134 83% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.5 124% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya M2F4G64CB8HG4N-CG 2x4GB 143 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	54% Above average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 17.1 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 17.1 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 54%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 62%

Destroyer

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel $192Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1x

GPU
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	1x

SSD
480GB SSD 480GB3Bench 71%, 3,645 samples	1x

RAM
16JTF1G64AZ-1G4D1 2x8GBMicronBench 49%, 79 samples	1x

Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $192

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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