Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 77.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.86% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Memory 89.6 1-Core 101 2-Core 198 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 377 8-Core 366 50% 372 Pts	64-Core 369 23% 369 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4170 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.86% Terrible	Lighting 4 Reflection 6.73 Parallax 6.72 3% 5.82 fps	MRender 7.29 Gravity 2.43 Splatting 8.09 5% 5.94 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.86% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$36 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 224 Write 112 Mixed 158 36% 165 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 37.9 147% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 70.5 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 116 83% 105 MB/s
Poor: 30% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$28 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 48GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 135 136 138 139 138 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	74.7% Very good	Read 123 Write 129 Mixed 66 SusWrite 137 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 236% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 109%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 93GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 131 133 132 134 140 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 118 Write 134 Mixed 33.8 SusWrite 134 76% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 0423 Team-Elite-1600 12GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.4% Below average	MC Read 11.7 MC Write 11.7 MC Mixed 9.4 31% 10.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 11 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 47%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	482x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	407x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	373x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	261x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	165x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	155x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	158x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	128x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 27,462 samples	87x

Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $317

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16