Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	30.9% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (73^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% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 93.8 2-Core 218 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 420 56% 420 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Gigabyte(1458 254C) 3GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	30.9% Below average	Lighting 39.8 Reflection 28.9 Parallax 50 32% 39.6 fps	MRender 27.9 Gravity 37.1 Splatting 35.9 28% 33.6 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 367GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 118 102 100 119 120 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	Read 97 Write 90.3 Mixed 52.7 SusWrite 107 64% 86.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 496GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 177 178 179 181 181 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 158 Mixed 81.3 SusWrite 179 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C11D3/4G KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1866C11D3/4G KHX1866C10D3/4G 16GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1867, 1867, 1867, 1867 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	67.5% Good	MC Read 23.6 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 21.7 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 21.1 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 56.7 70% 56.7 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 67%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 37%

Jet ski

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

Raft

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	138x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	131x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	105x

Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $364

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