Apple iMac15,1

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	22.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Apple iMac15,1 (all builds)
Motherboard	Apple Mac-42FD25EABCABB274
Memory	19.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	5120 x 2880 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170808
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '17 at 03:46
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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 i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Memory 78.7 1-Core 98.3 2-Core 198 71% 125 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 388 49% 374 Pts	64-Core 409 25% 409 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 M290 93 User benchmarks, average bench 21% Apple(106B 0139) 2GB CLim: 1046 MHz, MLim: 1436 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.6 Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	22.9% Poor	Lighting 26 Reflection 28.4 Parallax 26.4 21% 26.9 fps	MRender 29.6 Gravity 24.9 Splatting 38.5 26% 31 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 22.9% Great: 24%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Lacie 2big v2 THB USB3 Raid 0 6TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 146843400 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2575 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 257195375 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3795 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1679 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885295113 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 71 57 487915549 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 14860 (C2) HDA temperature 30 46 60129542174 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -45135811310810 (F1) Unknown 100 253 89825966030 (F2) Unknown 100 253 143858964175	154% Outstanding	Read 277 Write 261 Mixed 255 199% 265 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 3.47 4K Mixed 0.33 136% 1.55 MB/s
Poor: 154% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 215%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 335GB free (System drive) Firmware: AP14 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 199532232 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3986 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 157188592 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4118 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4227 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 66 51 571867170 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1120 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4240 (C2) HDA temperature 34 49 51539607586 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -24897925410665 (F1) Unknown 100 253 57940829883 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1236735268451	79.2% Very good	Read 149 Write 127 Mixed 120 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.15 71% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 112%
Initio INI-T640 160GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 149GB free, PID ce02 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	18.8% Very poor	Read 37 Write 36.5 Mixed 19.4 38% 31 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.31 72% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 18.8% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 0x384B54463531323634485A2D314736453220 0x802C 0x384B54463531323634485A2D314736453220 0x0D9B 0x 0x0D9B 0x 24GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	57% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 17.4 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 17.4 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 83 48% 83 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 60%

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 86%

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Workstation 20%

Surfboard

System: Apple iMac15,1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	14x
Core i5-4690Intel $52Bench 67%, 73,695 samples	13x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	7x

GPU
R9 M290XAMDBench 22%, 1,411 samples	17x
RADEON R9 M295XAMDBench 30%, 158 samples	10x
R9 M290AMDBench 21%, 93 samples	7x

SSD
SM1024G PCIe 1TBAppleBench 169%, 404 samples	2x
Portable SSD T5 1TBSamsungBench 77%, 13,039 samples	2x
SM1024F 1TBAppleBench 82%, 15 samples	1x

RAM
0x384B54463531323634485A2D314736453220 2x4GBUnknownBench 56%, 154 samples	8x
0x31364B544631473634485A2D314736453220 2x8GBUnknownBench 56%, 50 samples	3x
0x484D54343147533641465238412D50422020 2x8GBUnknownBench 63%, 311 samples	2x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $348

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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