Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very 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)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (68^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% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 87.2 1-Core 111 2-Core 223 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 431 58% 431 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 M290X 1,411 User benchmarks, average bench 22% Apple(106B 0138) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1060.0 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	26.6% Poor	Lighting 32.8 Reflection 30.8 Parallax 41.5 27% 35 fps	MRender 27.9 Gravity 30.4 Splatting 36.7 26% 31.7 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 26.6% Great: 27%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: AP14 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 80 92 99 101 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Read 100 Write 98.7 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 91.5 65% 88.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 112%
WD My Passport 2TB 10,723 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 19GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 103 103 102 100 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	41.7% Average	Read 91 Write 94 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 102 116% 85.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 44%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 15,101 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 214GB free, PID a200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 68 69 68 69 69 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	36.3% Below average	Read 109 Write 108 Mixed 37.5 SusWrite 68.5 104% 80.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 0x384B54463531323634485A2D314736453220 2x4GB 154 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	54.2% Above average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 16.8 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 16.4 48% 17 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 77%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 20%

Surfboard

SSD
SM1024G PCIe 1TBAppleBench 169%, 404 samples	2x
Portable SSD T5 1TBSamsungBench 77%, 13,039 samples	2x
SM1024F 1TBAppleBench 82%, 15 samples	1x

RAM
0x384B54463531323634485A2D314736453220 2x4GBUnknownBench 56%, 154 samples	8x
0x31364B544631473634485A2D314736453220 2x8GBUnknownBench 56%, 50 samples	3x
0x484D54343147533641465238412D50422020 2x8GBUnknownBench 63%, 311 samples	2x

Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $348

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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