Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Surfboard


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 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	34.2% 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)
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.

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% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 92.3 1-Core 98.4 2-Core 193 75% 128 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 376 50% 374 Pts	64-Core 375 23% 375 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Asus(1043 0482) 3GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1320 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.12.3 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	34.2% Below average	Lighting 43.9 Reflection 31.8 Parallax 54.8 36% 43.5 fps	MRender 30.4 Gravity 43.4 Splatting 39.3 31% 37.7 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M6S 128GB-$106 3,356 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.08 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 336 Write 274 Mixed 222 62% 277 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 38.5 4K Mixed 23.6 86% 28.6 MB/s	DQ Read 31.8 DQ Write 79.2 DQ Mixed 38.1 34% 49.7 MB/s
Poor: 65% Great: 100%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 238GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 311 352 358 350 350 351 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Read 353 Write 350 Mixed 316 SusWrite 345 77% 341 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 44.4 4K Mixed 34.5 110% 35.7 MB/s	DQ Read 38 DQ Write 99.7 DQ Mixed 51.4 44% 63 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 129%
WD Black 2.5" 500GB (2010)-$60 4,559 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 377GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 100 98 99 100 96 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Read 96.8 Write 96.2 Mixed 70.2 SusWrite 97.6 66% 90.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C9D3/4GX 99U5584-003.A00LF 99U5584-003.A00LF 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	59.2% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 17.8 58% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 18 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 59%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 24%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 20%

Surfboard

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	26x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	18x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	18x

Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $494

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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