Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 43.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	37.7% 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	44.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570 104,858 User benchmarks, average bench 65% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 1.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	43.7% Average	Memory 77.2 1-Core 47.9 2-Core 69.8 44% 65 Pts	4-Core 61.5 8-Core 71 9% 66.2 Pts	64-Core 95.6 6% 95.6 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 75%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2977) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 436.30 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	37.7% Below average	Lighting 38.3 Reflection 43.1 Parallax 53 31% 44.8 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 61.4 Splatting 54 50% 62.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: 583ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 77 82 70 67 73 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	44.9% Average	Read 272 Write 121 Mixed 149 SusWrite 75.4 34% 154 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 33.8 4K Mixed 26 78% 25.7 MB/s	DQ Read 92.2 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 93.6 74% 103 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 75%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 15,101 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 333GB free, PID a200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 83 88 88 88 88 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	35.3% Below average	Read 77.5 Write 85.2 Mixed 33.8 SusWrite 85.7 95% 70.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 80% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
MAGNUMTECH Kingston 99U5584-005.A00LF Kingston 99U5584-005.A00LF Kingston 99U5584-005.A00LF 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	29.4% Poor	MC Read 10.9 MC Write 10.2 MC Mixed 9.1 29% 10.1 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 7.1 19% 6.77 GB/s	Latency 85.9 47% 85.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 48%

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 $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