Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	21.5% 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	71.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (73%). 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 i5-4440-$128 81,111 User benchmarks, average bench 61% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 90.2 1-Core 93.4 2-Core 184 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 365 8-Core 364 49% 364 Pts	64-Core 364 22% 364 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6950-$290 24,657 User benchmarks, average bench 19% PwrHis(1787 2010) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	21.5% Poor	Lighting 27.3 Reflection 21.6 Parallax 24 22% 24.3 fps	MRender 21.5 Gravity 21.9 Splatting 27.8 20% 23.7 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3G37R5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 193 76 75 72 111 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Read 459 Write 380 Mixed 228 SusWrite 130 67% 299 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 60.9 4K Mixed 33.1 109% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 307 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 141 132% 209 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 407GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 101 99 98 98 100 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 101 Write 93 Mixed 59.8 SusWrite 98.8 65% 88.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 68%
WD My Book 1230 6TB 1,283 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2.5TB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 26 25 25 25 25 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	16% Very poor	Read 32.3 Write 22.8 Mixed 23.3 SusWrite 25.3 34% 25.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 99% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 16% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair ValueSelect DDR3 1333 C9 2x4GB 6,862 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 17.1 53% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 15.6 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 54%

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	79x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	54x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	43x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	39x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 37,489 samples	24x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 27,462 samples	17x

Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $178

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