Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.1% 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	58.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 108 2-Core 215 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 390 52% 391 Pts	64-Core 393 24% 393 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Gigabyte(1458 2290) ≥ 4GB CLim: 947 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.20 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	Lighting 63 Reflection 56.5 Parallax 72.6 51% 64 fps	MRender 56.2 Gravity 53.5 Splatting 71.4 51% 60.4 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 128GB-$74 9,892 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 104 100 102 105 106 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	Read 390 Write 172 Mixed 197 SusWrite 107 48% 217 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 39 4K Mixed 25 89% 29.3 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 87.3 DQ Mixed 103 101% 166 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 89%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 621GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 166 169 166 169 168 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 162 Mixed 76.7 SusWrite 166 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 217% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 44,086 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	61.9% Good	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 20.2 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 18.9 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 59 68% 59 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 64%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	169x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	130x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	106x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	166x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	119x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	72x

Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $748

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16