Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	26.6% 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	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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	0.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '19 at 05:35
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 91.4 1-Core 92.9 2-Core 187 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 350 47% 351 Pts	64-Core 350 22% 350 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 560-$500 60,738 User benchmarks, average bench 22% Asus(1043 04BE) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1326 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.3.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	26.6% Poor	Lighting 32 Reflection 34 Parallax 40.3 26% 35.4 fps	MRender 32.2 Gravity 32.6 Splatting 35.7 28% 33.5 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 26.6% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 4,850 Write 4,656 Mixed 1,649 822% 3,718 MB/s	4K Read 298 4K Write 273 4K Mixed 229 889% 266 MB/s	DQ Read 1,290 DQ Write 1,185 DQ Mixed 1,294 955% 1,256 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Seagate ST3320613AS 320GB-$30 12,971 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 131GB free Firmware: CC2F SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 93 94 94 93 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	Read 96.3 Write 95.7 Mixed 48 SusWrite 93.5 61% 83.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 123% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 65%
Seagate Desktop 2TB 3,779 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 381GB free, PID 3300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 39 41 43 43 42 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	16.1% Very poor	Read 38.8 Write 39.3 Mixed 19.3 SusWrite 41.6 47% 34.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 30% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 16.1% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 47,852 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	59% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 18.3 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 16.8 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 62%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 39%

Jet ski

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	101x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	66x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	49x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	49x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	34x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	12x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	43x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	38x
KHX1866C10D3/8G 9905403-400.A00LF 9905403-400.A00LF 16GBKingstonBench 51%, 42 samples	24x

Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $505

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