Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	66.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3550-$335 23,599 User benchmarks, average bench 69% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3550 CPU @ 3.30GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 110 2-Core 221 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 422 56% 420 Pts	64-Core 424 26% 424 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3772) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 123 Parallax 104 95% 114 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 106 Splatting 105 85% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor PX-128S3C 128GB 3,097 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 95 96 95 96 96 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 496 Write 96.3 Mixed 136 SusWrite 95.4 45% 206 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 74.2 4K Mixed 28.8 111% 42.1 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 97.4 DQ Mixed 30.9 57% 116 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 92%
Adata SU635 240GB-$20 12,702 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 160GB free Firmware: N181 SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 417 417 446 166 25 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Read 478 Write 446 Mixed 363 SusWrite 299 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 82.1 4K Mixed 31.4 138% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 88.4 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 34.7 74% 143 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 2x4GB 7,511 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.9% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 20.9 63% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 20 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 55.1 73% 55.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 53%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	56x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	56x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	41x

Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $560

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