Performance Results


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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 73.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.89% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	112% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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 (76^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 (97^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Memory 77.8 1-Core 105 2-Core 208 73% 130 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 401 54% 400 Pts	64-Core 395 24% 395 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 73.4% 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% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.89% Terrible	Lighting 3.93 Reflection 6.62 Parallax 6.72 3% 5.76 fps	MRender 8.67 Gravity 2.37 Splatting 7.78 5% 6.27 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.89% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU635 240GB-$20 12,702 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 194GB free (System drive) Firmware: P190710b SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 453 439 447 412 411 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 473 Mixed 440 SusWrite 436 102% 454 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 47.6 184% 67.6 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 229 173% 227 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 97%
PNY ELITE 480GB 753 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 314GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 77 242 361 321 319 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	43.1% Average	Read 273 Write 251 Mixed 286 SusWrite 234 59% 261 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 32.1 4K Mixed 3.1 50% 18 MB/s	DQ Read 66 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 3.6 29% 66.3 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 1302 PSD34G13332 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 1302 PSD34G13332 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	52.2% Above average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 16.1 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 16.6 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 84.7 47% 84.7 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 53%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 39%

Jet ski

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	151x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	129x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	86x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	88x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	68x
BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GBCrucialBench 57%, 14,299 samples	38x

Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $435

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