Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.6% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	37.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 above expectations (72^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% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 88.3 1-Core 96.4 2-Core 196 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 373 50% 371 Pts	64-Core 372 23% 372 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5500 5,613 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Sapphire(174B E193) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	3.6% Terrible	Lighting 4.5 Reflection 5.58 Parallax 4.34 4% 4.81 fps	MRender 3.86 Gravity 3.43 Splatting 5.09 4% 4.13 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.6% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 120GB-$15 37,154 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 94 38 29 27 40 MB/s Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	37.3% Below average	Read 253 Write 224 Mixed 24.6 SusWrite 76.6 32% 145 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 13.1 4K Mixed 6.4 52% 14.7 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 0.5 49% 116 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 86%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 148 149 151 150 148 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Read 152 Write 145 Mixed 81.7 SusWrite 149 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x8GB 168,538 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	33.7% Below average	MC Read 11.3 MC Write 11.2 MC Mixed 9.5 30% 10.7 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 10.7 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 67%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	2,016x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	1,354x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	715x

Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $87

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16