Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	20% 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	65.6% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 109 2-Core 214 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 376 51% 381 Pts	64-Core 383 24% 383 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 480-$500 3,874 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Nvidia(10DE 075F) 1.5GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 924 MHz, Ram: 1.5GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	20% Very poor	Lighting 23 Reflection 35.3 Parallax 25.4 19% 27.9 fps	MRender 37.4 Gravity 18.8 Splatting 26.7 22% 27.6 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 240GB-$29 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 173GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 165 133 140 121 206 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	65.6% Good	Read 490 Write 440 Mixed 426 SusWrite 197 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 0.5 107% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 231 DQ Write 7.7 DQ Mixed 5.1 32% 81.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 92%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 529GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 109 108 109 109 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Read 113 Write 104 Mixed 72.3 SusWrite 108 73% 99.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 62%
SanDisk Ultra Fit 123GB 3,622 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 111GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 43 36 36 36 28 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	36.7% Below average	Read 139 Write 75.8 Mixed 82.5 SusWrite 41.5 103% 84.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 3 192% 3.6 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 44,086 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 18.9 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 19.1 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 64%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

Raft

RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	36x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples	35x
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	31x

Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $530

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