Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	20.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	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 8 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.

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3470-$59 223,595 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 74.1 2-Core 187 66% 115 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 366 50% 369 Pts	64-Core 334 21% 334 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6950-$290 24,657 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Sapphire(174B 186B) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	20.6% Poor	Lighting 27 Reflection 19.5 Parallax 21.7 22% 22.7 fps	MRender 19.6 Gravity 19.8 Splatting 25.2 18% 21.5 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.6% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$35 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 336GB free (System drive) Firmware: 17.01H17 SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 34 35 34 35 38 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	29.6% Poor	Read 68 Write 37.5 Mixed 48.5 SusWrite 34.8 35% 47.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 108% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 69%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$30 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 255GB free Firmware: 0001LVM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 75 79 79 79 79 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	47.5% Average	Read 88 Write 74.5 Mixed 48 SusWrite 77.6 53% 72 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.7 112% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 61%
HUAWEI SD Storage 2GB 115 User benchmarks, average bench 3% 1GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.4 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.6 1.9 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	4.15% Terrible	Read 6.5 Write 1 Mixed 2.5 SusWrite 1.7 3% 2.92 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.9 64% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.15% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 205 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 16.5 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 15.7 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 69%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 58%

Gunboat

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	279x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	77x
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	45x

Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $276

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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