Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	62.2% 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 8 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

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 i5-3570 104,858 User benchmarks, average bench 65% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Memory 82 1-Core 98.7 2-Core 192 72% 124 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 392 52% 387 Pts	64-Core 349 22% 349 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 75%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 120GB 3,514 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: MVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 149 153 156 156 156 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 384 Write 396 Mixed 301 SusWrite 153 69% 309 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 55.9 4K Mixed 33.1 108% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 41.6 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 40.1 43% 68.1 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 115%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung 1x8GB 1,334 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	30.4% Below average	MC Read 10.4 MC Write 10.1 MC Mixed 8.9 28% 9.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 9 27% 9.33 GB/s	Latency 77 52% 77 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 51%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

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