Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 65.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	15.8% 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	80.6% 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	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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4200H 11,882 User benchmarks, average bench 57% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	65.2% Good	Memory 89.6 1-Core 93.6 2-Core 155 69% 113 Pts	4-Core 237 8-Core 245 32% 241 Pts	64-Core 253 16% 253 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 850M 13,931 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Asus(1043 178D) 2GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 24.21.13.9836 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	15.8% Very poor	Lighting 21.1 Reflection 15.7 Parallax 16.7 17% 17.8 fps	MRender 12.5 Gravity 20.3 Splatting 15.5 13% 16.1 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0105A SusWrite @10s intervals: 363 63 85 61 48 54 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Read 500 Write 443 Mixed 414 SusWrite 112 82% 367 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 30 144% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 46.1 92% 179 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 85%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 492GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 32 33 28 28 31 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	14.5% Very poor	Read 20.3 Write 21.5 Mixed 18.7 SusWrite 30.2 17% 22.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.2 36% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14.5% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5173DB0-YK0 1315 CT51264BF160BJ.C8F 8GB 183 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	52% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 16.6 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 16.5 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 56%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 58%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	387x
GTX 850MNvidiaBench 14%, 13,931 samples	177x

RAM
M471B5173DB0-YK0 2x4GBSamsungBench 47%, 26,681 samples	40x
M471B5173DB0-YK0 Hynix HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 8GBSamsungBench 48%, 2,847 samples	38x
EDJ4208EFBG-GNL-F Hynix HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 8GBElpidaBench 52%, 268 samples	35x

Value: 22% - Poor

Total price: $52

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