Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	80% 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.

Very high background CPU (60%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (46^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% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 102 2-Core 203 78% 133 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 383 51% 382 Pts	64-Core 384 24% 384 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.2% Very good	Lighting 96.4 Reflection 110 Parallax 91.9 79% 99.4 fps	MRender 90.9 Gravity 93.2 Splatting 98.3 78% 94.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370 256GB-$110 5,249 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0815B SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 157 90 78 77 85 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	80% Excellent	Read 464 Write 307 Mixed 9.5 SusWrite 120 49% 225 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 89.2 4K Mixed 37.8 134% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 189 168% 251 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 96%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 338GB free Firmware: SBFKB1C2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 324 174 271 250 199 342 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	33.8% Below average	Read 185 Write 89.2 Mixed 80 SusWrite 260 34% 154 MB/s	4K Read 7.5 4K Write 19.7 4K Mixed 8.3 32% 11.8 MB/s	DQ Read 13.1 DQ Write 15.6 DQ Mixed 12.2 10% 13.6 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 102%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 188GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 140 127 145 121 117 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Read 114 Write 122 Mixed 39.3 SusWrite 132 74% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.6 107% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D169DS3.16FE 2x4GB 2,099 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	60.1% Good	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.9 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 18.1 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 56.5 71% 56.5 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 64%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 39%

Jet ski

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	166x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	147x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	85x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	76x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	44x
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	35x

Value: 60% - Good

Total price: $429

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