Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	21.3% 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	42.9% 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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Memory 91.1 1-Core 99.8 2-Core 195 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 348 8-Core 374 48% 361 Pts	64-Core 378 23% 378 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 570-$350 22,303 User benchmarks, average bench 20% MSI(1462 2571) 1.2GB CLim: 770 MHz, MLim: 1000 MHz, Ram: 1.2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	21.3% Poor	Lighting 25.1 Reflection 38.7 Parallax 28.5 20% 30.7 fps	MRender 38.6 Gravity 20.7 Splatting 26 23% 28.5 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 156GB free (System drive) Firmware: U21010RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 36 37 39 40 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	42.9% Average	Read 350 Write 274 Mixed 189 SusWrite 37.9 47% 213 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 71.2 4K Mixed 10.1 82% 34.1 MB/s	DQ Read 27.4 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 11.6 25% 49.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 86%
WD Blue 500GB (2007)-$80 10,362 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 8GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 38 40 39 40 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	22.7% Poor	Read 39.5 Write 35 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 39.1 27% 36.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 51%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1GB free Firmware: NY11 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 45.3 Write 12 Mixed 35.7 24% 31 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 149% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 23% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 27,024 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 16.2 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 14.3 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 63%

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
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	56x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	56x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	41x

Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $560

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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