Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


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 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 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	8.13% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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% 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 88.1 1-Core 98.9 2-Core 195 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 378 50% 378 Pts	64-Core 368 23% 368 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 25,436 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Device(7377 0000) 512MB CLim: 783 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 512MB, Driver: 381.89 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	8.13% Terrible	Lighting 9.5 Reflection 11.2 Parallax 7.94 8% 9.54 fps	MRender 12.4 Gravity 9.83 Splatting 10.6 9% 10.9 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.13% Great: 8%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$35 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 443GB free (System drive) Firmware: 17.01H17 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 62 81 115 118 120 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	50% Average	Read 83.2 Write 63.4 Mixed 50.3 SusWrite 90.8 53% 71.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 122% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273DH0-CK0 2x4GB 6,893 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	60.9% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 19 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 17.7 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 61%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 58%

Gunboat

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	51x
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	50x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	42x

Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $87

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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