Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	41% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	57.3% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 126 2-Core 251 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 500 67% 500 Pts	64-Core 500 31% 500 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Gigabyte(1458 2261) 3GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.20 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	41% Average	Lighting 53.3 Reflection 35.4 Parallax 66.3 43% 51.7 fps	MRender 33.8 Gravity 54.8 Splatting 43.9 36% 44.2 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 64GB 4,094 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 141 140 148 147 146 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 467 Write 147 Mixed 224 SusWrite 143 54% 245 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 40.8 4K Mixed 18.7 75% 26.4 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 50.3 DQ Mixed 92.3 84% 136 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 63%
Seagate ST3250310AS 250GB-$44 34,705 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 233GB free Firmware: 3.AHC SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 83 81 80 79 81 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	Read 95.5 Write 41.9 Mixed 47.6 SusWrite 80.6 49% 66.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 5,025 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.6% Good	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 19 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 19.2 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 62%

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
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	46x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	37x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	29x

Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $492

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16