Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	19.8% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 870-$100 37,228 User benchmarks, average bench 66% LGA1156, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.55 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Memory 96.8 1-Core 81.5 2-Core 154 68% 111 Pts	4-Core 259 8-Core 287 36% 273 Pts	64-Core 288 18% 288 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5870 10,176 User benchmarks, average bench 19% AMD(1002 0B00) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.2401.0 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	19.8% Very poor	Lighting 27.5 Reflection 14.9 Parallax 25.3 22% 22.6 fps	MRender 12.5 Gravity 21.1 Splatting 19.1 15% 17.6 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 19.8% Great: 20%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST500DM005 HD502HJ 500GB 10,272 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 431GB free Firmware: 1AJ1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 112 105 112 114 113 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Read 118 Write 89.2 Mixed 64.6 SusWrite 113 71% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 212% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 77%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 750GB-$55 4,103 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 542GB free (System drive) Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 22 18 7.7 7.1 18 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	5.83% Terrible	Read 4.5 Write 18.1 Mixed 14.2 SusWrite 15.6 10% 13.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.2 44% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 5.83% Great: 67%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 925GB free Firmware: 1AJ100E4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 137 131 138 134 141 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Read 139 Write 19.8 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 137 61% 83.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 218% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 12GB 85,415 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	48.5% Average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 15.2 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 12.4 33% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 50%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

SSD
AS350 128GBApacerBench 65%, 2,222 samples	6x
860 Pro 1TBSamsung $300Bench 112%, 8,179 samples	3x
Raid 0 Volume 1TBIntelBench 264%, 11,317 samples	2x

Value: 35% - Below average

Total price: $460

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