Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. 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.
Graphics	3.95% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	34% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 80.5 1-Core 103 2-Core 212 74% 132 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 406 55% 408 Pts	64-Core 414 26% 414 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Legend(17AA 3097) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.5126 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.95% Terrible	Lighting 3.9 Reflection 6.31 Parallax 6.78 3% 5.66 fps	MRender 9.52 Gravity 2.33 Splatting 7.83 5% 6.56 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.95% Great: 3%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 197GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 196 199 269 199 255 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	34% Below average	Read 151 Write 95.4 Mixed 83.2 SusWrite 230 32% 140 MB/s	4K Read 11 4K Write 18.8 4K Mixed 10.8 40% 13.5 MB/s	DQ Read 14.7 DQ Write 53.1 DQ Mixed 201 106% 89.7 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT25664BA160B.C16F 4x2GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	60.7% Good	MC Read 22.7 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 17.7 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 19.2 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 79.7 50% 79.7 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 61%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 32%

Sail boat

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 25%

Raft

RAM
RMR5030EF68F9W1600 4x4GBRamaxelBench 54%, 412 samples	6x
16KTF1G64AZ-1G6E1 0420 AM2L16BC8R2-B0QS 16GBMicronBench 57%, 6 samples	4x
RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 51%, 9,944 samples	3x

Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $228

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