Apple iMac15,1

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 70.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	21% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Apple iMac15,1 (all builds)
Motherboard	Apple Mac-42FD25EABCABB274
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201202
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '21 at 11:53
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Memory 73.2 1-Core 127 2-Core 230 79% 143 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 622 60% 495 Pts	64-Core 556 34% 556 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 M290X 1,411 User benchmarks, average bench 22% Apple(106B 0138) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1060.0 Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	21% Poor	Lighting 26.9 Reflection 32 Parallax 37.4 22% 32.1 fps	MRender 23.9 Gravity 26.2 Splatting 20.8 19% 23.6 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 21% Great: 27%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apple HDD ST3000DM001 3TB 714 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 864GB free (System drive) Firmware: AP19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 115 100 126 120 122 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Read 127 Write 117 Mixed 68.5 SusWrite 118 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 136% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 0x31364B544631473634485A2D314736453220 2x8GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	52.9% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 16.3 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 17.7 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 94.2 42% 94.2 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 60%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical iMac15,1 Builds (Compare 34 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 20%

Surfboard

System: Apple iMac15,1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	14x
Core i5-4690Intel $52Bench 67%, 73,695 samples	13x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	7x

GPU
R9 M290XAMDBench 22%, 1,411 samples	17x
RADEON R9 M295XAMDBench 30%, 158 samples	10x
R9 M290AMDBench 21%, 93 samples	7x

SSD
SM1024G PCIe 1TBAppleBench 169%, 404 samples	2x
Portable SSD T5 1TBSamsungBench 77%, 13,039 samples	2x
SM1024F 1TBAppleBench 82%, 15 samples	1x

RAM
0x384B54463531323634485A2D314736453220 2x4GBUnknownBench 56%, 154 samples	8x
0x31364B544631473634485A2D314736453220 2x8GBUnknownBench 56%, 50 samples	3x
0x484D54343147533641465238412D50422020 2x8GBUnknownBench 63%, 311 samples	2x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $348

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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