Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	48.3% 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	56.3% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 (100^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 105 2-Core 205 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 405 55% 408 Pts	64-Core 412 26% 412 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.3% Average	Lighting 58.5 Reflection 69.5 Parallax 61.6 48% 63.2 fps	MRender 68.5 Gravity 60.3 Splatting 54.8 49% 61.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SPECTRA 128GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0424A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 152 60 81 60 60 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Read 466 Write 412 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 117 56% 255 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 13.2 4K Mixed 20.2 65% 18.3 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 42.1 85% 166 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 56%
WD My Passport 25E1 2TB 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1TB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 40 40 41 41 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	20.9% Poor	Read 40.2 Write 38.7 Mixed 29.7 SusWrite 40.4 50% 37.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 20.9% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99P5474-023.A00LF Samsung M378B5173DB0-CK0 8GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	59.4% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.1 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 18.4 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 59%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Destroyer

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	620x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples	270x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	158x

Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $231

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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