Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	89.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	34.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

PC Performing above expectations (80^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)	77.8% Very good	Memory 92.3 1-Core 98.8 2-Core 193 75% 128 Pts	4-Core 365 8-Core 374 49% 370 Pts	64-Core 376 23% 376 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 118 Parallax 111 93% 115 fps	MRender 99.1 Gravity 102 Splatting 100 82% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 87 64 53 39 50 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	34.9% Below average	Read 56.4 Write 206 Mixed 65.6 SusWrite 73.8 23% 100 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 43.2 4K Mixed 19.8 87% 29.5 MB/s	DQ Read 29.7 DQ Write 62.4 DQ Mixed 31.7 28% 41.3 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 456GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 157 159 169 168 167 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 177 Mixed 67.3 SusWrite 164 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%
Samsung HD502HI 500GB-$154 24,344 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 172GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 108 108 110 109 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 109 Write 48.4 Mixed 50.8 SusWrite 109 58% 79.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G 9905474-060.A00LF 8GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 16.1 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 15.4 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 52%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 57%

Gunboat

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	93x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	47x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	36x

Value: 22% - Poor

Total price: $28

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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