Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 63.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	45.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	87% 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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4430-$124 24,837 User benchmarks, average bench 65% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Memory 80.3 1-Core 73.7 2-Core 163 62% 106 Pts	4-Core 266 8-Core 293 37% 280 Pts	64-Core 279 17% 279 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	45.7% Average	Lighting 56 Reflection 60.2 Parallax 54.8 46% 57 fps	MRender 67.4 Gravity 54.4 Splatting 49.2 46% 57 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 193 67 72 43 53 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	87% Excellent	Read 460 Write 423 Mixed 291 SusWrite 122 72% 324 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 87.7 4K Mixed 41.9 148% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 246 210% 310 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 108%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 292GB free Firmware: GG2OA6C0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 65 68 70 69 69 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	43.7% Average	Read 84 Write 80.5 Mixed 30.8 SusWrite 68.3 48% 65.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 58%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 152GB free Firmware: KC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 104 101 103 103 102 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Read 111 Write 100 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 103 68% 93.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 150% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-040.A00LF 2x8GB 1,305 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.6% Average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 14.4 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 9.7 SC Mixed 13.5 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 80.1 50% 80.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 54%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	169x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	140x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	137x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	84x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	63x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	50x

Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $412

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