Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.75% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	100% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
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 (74^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% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Memory 86.6 1-Core 98.5 2-Core 196 73% 127 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 378 51% 378 Pts	64-Core 378 23% 378 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 8C93) 2GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.75% Terrible	Lighting 4.43 Reflection 4.35 Parallax 4.16 4% 4.31 fps	MRender 4.14 Gravity 3.87 Splatting 6.17 4% 4.73 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.75% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Pro 256GB-$90 12,565 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 206GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 454 462 467 469 469 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 470 Mixed 436 SusWrite 464 104% 463 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 51.6 4K Mixed 39.2 127% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 391 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 364 252% 317 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 131%
Jmicron Generic 256GB 896 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 120GB free Firmware: 0204 SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 251 267 386 287 288 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	65% Good	Read 373 Write 334 Mixed 335 SusWrite 310 76% 338 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 32.8 4K Mixed 24.9 81% 26.3 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 130 97% 129 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 78%
Toshiba MQ04ABF100 1TB 179,769 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 487GB free Firmware: JU000U SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 116 116 116 117 117 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	74.9% Very good	Read 143 Write 136 Mixed 54 SusWrite 116 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 5.9 4K Mixed 0.6 234% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G Hynix HMT351U6EFR8C-PB KHX1600C10D3/4G Hynix HMT351U6EFR8C-PB 16GB 135 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	60.3% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 18.4 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 18.7 52% 18 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 60%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	9x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	7x
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	6x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	6x
Burst 120GBPatriotBench 66%, 15,567 samples	4x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	3x

RAM
PSD38G16002 2x8GBPatriotBench 52%, 6,044 samples	4x
M2F2G64CB88G7N-CG 0443 RMR5030MJ68F9F1600 830B M2F2G64CB88G7N-CG Kingston 99U5595-003.A00LF 10GBUnknownBench 37%, 5 samples	4x
EBJ21UE8BDF0-DJ-F 4x2GBElpidaBench 40%, 1,380 samples	3x

Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $87

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