Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670-$51 49,019 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 112 2-Core 221 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 413 55% 413 Pts	64-Core 400 25% 400 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Lighting 66.9 Reflection 70.9 Parallax 63.3 54% 67.1 fps	MRender 74.7 Gravity 63.6 Splatting 60.1 53% 66.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST3500414CS 500GB 23,667 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 143GB free (System drive) Firmware: CA14 SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 19 35 50 50 56 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	35.3% Below average	Read 84.5 Write 80.9 Mixed 49.7 SusWrite 38.3 47% 63.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 61%
Maxtor STM3250820AS 250GB 2,495 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 46GB free Firmware: 3.AAE SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 55 56 56 56 56 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	34.2% Below average	Read 63.4 Write 33.3 Mixed 39.2 SusWrite 55.5 35% 47.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6EFR8C-PB Samsung M378B5173DB0-CK0 Samsung M378B5273DH0-CK0 Samsung M378B5173DB0-CK0 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	61.5% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 18.1 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 19.9 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 62%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 65%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	83x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	49x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	47x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	33x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	18x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 37,489 samples	18x

Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $178

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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16