Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	36.6% 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)
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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 92.8 1-Core 100 2-Core 193 76% 129 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 359 49% 363 Pts	64-Core 432 27% 432 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Gigabyte(1458 229A) 3GB CLim: 1072 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.6% Below average	Lighting 47.9 Reflection 34.7 Parallax 57.4 39% 46.6 fps	MRender 32.7 Gravity 40.1 Splatting 42.7 32% 38.5 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 452 Write 315 Mixed 142 67% 303 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 38.2 154% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 124 129% 218 MB/s
Poor: 58% Great: 101%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 123GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 52 52 53 53 56 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	30.3% Below average	Read 51.8 Write 50 Mixed 32.2 SusWrite 53.3 34% 46.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 51%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 9GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 60 69 70 78 70 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	Read 68.8 Write 68.2 Mixed 51.4 SusWrite 67.3 47% 63.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 19,522 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	63.6% Good	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 19.9 63% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 21.3 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 63%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 38%

Jet ski

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 30%

Sail boat

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	159x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	117x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	92x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	147x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	65x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	62x

Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $353

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