Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	19.3% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 117 2-Core 216 83% 143 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 462 61% 459 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Sapphire(174B 2260) 1.5GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 1.5GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	19.3% Very poor	Lighting 21.6 Reflection 25.3 Parallax 32.8 18% 26.6 fps	MRender 31.8 Gravity 28.8 Splatting 24.2 23% 28.3 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 21%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 341GB free (System drive) Firmware: 17.01H17 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 53 49 90 55 47 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	49.8% Average	Read 116 Write 112 Mixed 75 SusWrite 57.3 66% 89.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 160% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C9D3/4GX Hynix HMT425U6AFR6C-PB Hynix HMT425U6AFR6C-PB 12GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2000, 2000, 2000, 2000 MHz 4096, 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 22.7 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 22.1 62% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 56.2 71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 74%

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
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	56x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	56x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	41x

Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $560

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $23	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