Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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	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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (55^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 106 2-Core 213 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 401 55% 408 Pts	64-Core 421 26% 421 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 71%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 400GB (2008) 2,133 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: 12.01C01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 4.7 9.9 14 26 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	21.5% Poor	Read 60.8 Write 29.2 Mixed 25.7 SusWrite 14.4 24% 32.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.5 68% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 45%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB-$33 44,469 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 4GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 53 46 54 66 65 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	34.3% Below average	Read 64.3 Write 40.5 Mixed 34.5 SusWrite 54.9 36% 48.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 134% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-030.A00LF 1x8GB 790 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	30.7% Below average	MC Read 9.8 MC Write 9.8 MC Mixed 8.7 27% 9.43 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 10 SC Mixed 9.6 28% 9.67 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 30%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 59%

Gunboat

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 49%

Yacht

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	40x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	19x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	18x

Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $383

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16