Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	108% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	80.8% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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)	78.8% Very good	Memory 92.1 1-Core 100 2-Core 194 76% 129 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 371 51% 376 Pts	64-Core 360 22% 360 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 145 Parallax 138 117% 142 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 137 Splatting 106 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 275GB-$42 16,792 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR021 SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 144 143 148 166 388 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Read 399 Write 143 Mixed 328 SusWrite 221 61% 273 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 86.4 4K Mixed 36.7 128% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 212 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 303 218% 276 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 95%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 308GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 60 58 61 67 64 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	29.5% Poor	Read 37.8 Write 1.7 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 64 31% 41 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1.4 276% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 70%
Seagate Momentus Thin 7200 2.5" 320GB-$29 12,279 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 9GB free Firmware: 0005DEM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 64 64 64 63 63 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	47.5% Average	Read 104 Write 81 Mixed 53.2 SusWrite 62 55% 74.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.8 131% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 16GB 340 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	58.9% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 19.3 60% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 13.8 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 63%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	69x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	45x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples	40x

Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $868

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