Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.2% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	94% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock H97 Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150723
Uptime	60.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 07 '18 at 17:05
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Memory 87.4 1-Core 107 2-Core 207 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 420 56% 418 Pts	64-Core 415 26% 415 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% ASRock(1849 0412) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.2% Terrible	Lighting 4.13 Reflection 7 Parallax 7.09 3% 6.08 fps	MRender 9.76 Gravity 2.47 Splatting 0.13 3% 4.12 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.2% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin MKNSSDTR500GB 500GB 225 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 423GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1126A SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 229 76 106 82 84 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Read 425 Write 378 Mixed 346 SusWrite 142 72% 323 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 56.6 173% 65.2 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 254 205% 288 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 437GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 126 127 126 127 127 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 130 Write 125 Mixed 60.3 SusWrite 126 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1333 C9 4x4GB 1,560 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	51% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 16 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 15.5 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 54%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

Raft

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	26x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	15x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	13x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	29x
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	21x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	18x

Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $494

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