Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.12% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 105 2-Core 205 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 408 54% 404 Pts	64-Core 411 25% 411 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTS 250 14,881 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Gainward(10B0 0401) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.01 Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	6.12% Terrible	Lighting 8.7 Reflection 11.3 Parallax 3.4 7% 7.8 fps	MRender 5.3 Gravity 6.8 Splatting 3.9 4% 5.33 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.12% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$35 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 438GB free (System drive) Firmware: 18.01H18 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 63 79 100 62 74 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Read 117 Write 108 Mixed 66.2 SusWrite 71.5 67% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 69%
Seagate ST3320311CS 320GB 7,178 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 96GB free Firmware: PA11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 76 77 77 77 77 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	43.2% Average	Read 74.2 Write 68.7 Mixed 46.6 SusWrite 76.1 49% 66.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT125U6TFR8C-H9 2x2GB 1,653 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 2 of 2 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 17.2 53% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 16.6 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 53%

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	265x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	208x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	169x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	98x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	82x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	80x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	100x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	56x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 37,489 samples	55x

Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $344

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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