Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.73% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	41.7% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd 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 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 92.5 1-Core 99.4 2-Core 199 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 373 50% 375 Pts	64-Core 376 23% 376 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz) 146,665 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 84CA) 2.2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4276 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	1.73% Terrible	Lighting 1.8 Reflection 1.81 Parallax 1.38 2% 1.66 fps	MRender 3.33 Gravity 1.1 Splatting 3.52 2% 2.65 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.73% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V+200 Series 120GB 853 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: 502ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 87 97 95 94 95 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	41.7% Average	Read 131 Write 115 Mixed 124 SusWrite 94.5 26% 116 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 45.6 4K Mixed 25 90% 31.1 MB/s	DQ Read 27.4 DQ Write 95.5 DQ Mixed 32.7 33% 51.9 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 927GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 206 208 208 206 204 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 168 Mixed 78.1 SusWrite 205 116% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-039.A00LF 1x8GB 1,281 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	34.5% Below average	MC Read 11.4 MC Write 11.3 MC Mixed 10 31% 10.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 11.5 SC Mixed 11.3 31% 11 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 35%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 62%

Destroyer

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	80x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	69x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	57x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	37x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	29x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	19x

Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $325

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