Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.76% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	84.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (74^th 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% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 91.5 1-Core 98.4 2-Core 195 75% 128 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 364 50% 372 Pts	64-Core 377 23% 377 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz) 146,665 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 84CA) 2.2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4252 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	1.76% Terrible	Lighting 1.8 Reflection 1.81 Parallax 1.38 2% 1.66 fps	MRender 3.67 Gravity 1.1 Splatting 3.52 2% 2.76 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.76% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 142 142 142 143 142 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Read 477 Write 457 Mixed 307 SusWrite 168 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 51.9 4K Mixed 37.6 126% 41 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 170 181% 300 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 108%
Toshiba DT01ABA200V 2TB 2,433 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2TB free Firmware: MZ4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 149 147 150 151 153 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Read 148 Write 149 Mixed 31.1 SusWrite 150 86% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.4 114% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6EFR8C-PB HMT451U6AFR8C-PB HMT351U6EFR8C-PB HMT451U6AFR8A-PB 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	58.2% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 17.7 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 18.1 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 59%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 25%

Surfboard

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	103x
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	97x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	87x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	35x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	23x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBKingstonBench 52%, 19,522 samples	19x

Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $901

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16