Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	28.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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 way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$99 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 85.4 2-Core 161 69% 113 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 402 53% 397 Pts	64-Core 402 25% 402 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Asus(1043 0460) 2GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	28.5% Poor	Lighting 35.2 Reflection 33.4 Parallax 43.9 29% 37.5 fps	MRender 29.8 Gravity 32.9 Splatting 38.4 28% 33.7 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 748GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 150 164 170 162 164 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 181 Mixed 89.5 SusWrite 162 115% 157 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 208% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%
Toshiba MK6476GSX 640GB-$299 4,054 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 449GB free Firmware: GS001C SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 71 70 68 71 72 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	39% Below average	Read 65.5 Write 69.7 Mixed 19.5 SusWrite 70.2 41% 56.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 109% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 48%
JetFlash Transcend 16GB 14,782 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 15GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 23 23 23 23 23 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	26.8% Poor	Read 123 Write 1 Mixed 5.8 SusWrite 21.7 32% 37.9 MB/s	4K Read 6.3 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1.4 102% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 26.8% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C8 2x4GB 188 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	62.5% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 18.9 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 20 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 61.1 65% 61.1 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 63%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

Raft

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	48x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	25x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	21x

Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $500

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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