Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	86.4% 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	65.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
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.

PC Performing above expectations (63^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Memory 94.8 1-Core 101 2-Core 203 78% 133 Pts	4-Core 337 8-Core 399 48% 368 Pts	64-Core 390 24% 390 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4998) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 115 Parallax 122 89% 115 fps	MRender 95.3 Gravity 107 Splatting 98.3 82% 100 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 47 60 52 90 145 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Read 348 Write 399 Mixed 289 SusWrite 77.5 62% 278 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 80.5 4K Mixed 27.5 110% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 219 189% 278 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 101%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 96GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 121 103 97 96 95 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Read 150 Write 126 Mixed 73.8 SusWrite 107 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1.2 189% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 474GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 189 190 186 190 195 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Read 155 Write 156 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 188 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	MC Read 25 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 22.9 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 21.5 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 57.8 69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 72%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	6x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBKingstonBench 52%, 19,522 samples	4x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GBKingstonBench 57%, 3,744 samples	3x

Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $728

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