Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.18% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	95.9% 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	14GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 14GB 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.

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 90.6 1-Core 110 2-Core 204 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 307 47% 341 Pts	64-Core 381 24% 381 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia NVS 300 2,463 User benchmarks, average bench 1% HP(103C 0862) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 341.74 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.18% Terrible	Lighting 1.2 Reflection 2.38 Parallax 0.44 1% 1.34 fps	MRender 3.33 Gravity 0.77 Splatting 1.78 2% 1.96 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.18% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 207GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 326 325 329 329 329 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Read 422 Write 320 Mixed 274 SusWrite 327 75% 336 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 42.6 156% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 184 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 179 155% 224 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 97%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 798GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 84 86 85 86 84 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	48.5% Average	Read 83.8 Write 81.5 Mixed 78.3 SusWrite 85 61% 82.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown RMR5040MM58F9F1600 Samsung M378B5173EB0-YK0 0467 RMR5040MM58F9F1600 Micron 16JTF25664AZ-1G4F1 14GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	53.4% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 16.7 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 17.5 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 53%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	47x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	41x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	39x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	45x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	26x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	19x

Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $281

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