Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.04% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	63% 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.

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3470-$59 223,595 User benchmarks, average bench 63% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3470 CPU @ 3.20GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 90.6 1-Core 97.2 2-Core 188 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 365 8-Core 361 49% 363 Pts	64-Core 334 21% 334 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 0473) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.04% Terrible	Lighting 1.3 Reflection 1.5 Parallax 1.53 1% 1.44 fps	MRender 1.43 Gravity 0.83 Splatting 1.35 1% 1.2 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.04% Great: 1%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS250G2B0A-00SM50 250GB 12,305 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 205GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 218 220 225 219 224 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	63% Good	Read 374 Write 329 Mixed 212 SusWrite 219 64% 284 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 49.5 4K Mixed 29.8 102% 34.6 MB/s	DQ Read 26.9 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 41.4 39% 58.5 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 02B5 8GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	29.1% Poor	MC Read 9.2 MC Write 9.4 MC Mixed 8.3 26% 8.97 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 9.5 26% 9.23 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 43%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 62%

Destroyer

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	375x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	252x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	182x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	52x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	45x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	37x

Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $405

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