Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.22% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	45.6% 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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 91.2 1-Core 101 2-Core 194 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 409 52% 393 Pts	64-Core 397 25% 397 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% ASRock(1849 0412) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.22% Terrible	Lighting 3.7 Reflection 2.6 Parallax 5.9 3% 4.07 fps	MRender 6.5 Gravity 2.3 Splatting 4.6 4% 4.47 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.22% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HS-SSD-E100 256GB 116 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0522A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 42 62 68 45 50 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	45.6% Average	Read 466 Write 362 Mixed 395 SusWrite 102 74% 331 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 15.6 4K Mixed 1 59% 16.4 MB/s	DQ Read 211 DQ Write 13.6 DQ Mixed 11.1 34% 78.6 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 84%
Jmicron Generic 240GB 481 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 24GB free Firmware: 0508 SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 95 64 54 47 35 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	37.2% Below average	Read 354 Write 280 Mixed 135 SusWrite 86.9 47% 214 MB/s	4K Read 15.9 4K Write 15.8 4K Mixed 11.7 48% 14.5 MB/s	DQ Read 89.8 DQ Write 62.6 DQ Mixed 31.4 36% 61.3 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5173DB0-CK0 2x4GB 14,844 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.8% Average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 14.4 48% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 15.8 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 59%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	114x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	86x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	83x

RAM
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	37x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	36x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	23x

Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $387

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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16