Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 5% 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 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.11% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	40.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 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 i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 92.6 1-Core 99.7 2-Core 196 76% 129 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 396 50% 382 Pts	64-Core 390 24% 390 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 210 98,254 User benchmarks, average bench 1% MSI(1462 8094) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.11% Terrible	Lighting 1.27 Reflection 2.42 Parallax 0.5 1% 1.4 fps	MRender 2.19 Gravity 0.87 Splatting 1.57 1% 1.54 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.11% Great: 1%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 95 106 109 71 78 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	40.4% Average	Read 190 Write 192 Mixed 182 SusWrite 97.5 37% 165 MB/s	4K Read 12.5 4K Write 45.4 4K Mixed 25.2 75% 27.7 MB/s	DQ Read 26.6 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 38.4 38% 56.8 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	42.9% Average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 12.8 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 14 SC Mixed 13.8 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 58%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	56x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	56x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	41x

Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $560

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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