Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 86.6 1-Core 112 2-Core 213 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 412 51% 391 Pts	64-Core 421 26% 421 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 55 54 52 56 57 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	44.3% Average	Read 102 Write 94.8 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 52.5 58% 78.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1 160% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 69%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 201GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 71 70 72 72 71 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	41% Average	Read 71.7 Write 67.8 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 70.8 54% 71.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 123% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1333 C9 2x4GB 2,092 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53.1% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 16.8 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 16.9 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 54%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 65%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 55%

Yacht

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	9x
840 Evo 500GBSamsung $150Bench 103%, 68,337 samples	8x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	7x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	6x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 6,625 samples	5x
RipjawsX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 68%, 1,661 samples	5x

Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $795

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16