Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	49.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	73.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Memory 89.2 1-Core 87.9 2-Core 186 71% 121 Pts	4-Core 239 8-Core 345 37% 292 Pts	64-Core 336 21% 336 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.9% Average	Lighting 62.7 Reflection 62.6 Parallax 57.1 51% 60.8 fps	MRender 67.4 Gravity 59 Splatting 51 48% 59.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 282 104 106 104 104 104 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Read 466 Write 435 Mixed 351 SusWrite 134 78% 347 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 60.9 4K Mixed 23.1 107% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 330 245% 326 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 115%
Intenso USB 3.0 device 1TB 505 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 522GB free Firmware: 0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 101 Write 104 Mixed 36.8 59% 80.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 121% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 15% Great: 63%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 180GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 117 121 123 123 124 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Read 67.5 Write 63 Mixed 43.7 SusWrite 121 54% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16KTF51264AZ-1G6M1 2x4GB 365 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	56.3% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 17.5 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 13.4 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 68.3 59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 61%

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

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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