Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	31.8% 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	68.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (46^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 above expectations (75^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Memory 72.6 1-Core 93.5 2-Core 186 66% 117 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 357 49% 365 Pts	64-Core 369 23% 369 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% HP(103C 2B57) 2GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 496.76 Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31.8% Below average	Lighting 40.3 Reflection 43.7 Parallax 39.1 33% 41 fps	MRender 36.7 Gravity 39 Splatting 34 30% 36.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
INTENSO 128GB 3,345 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: T0910A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 79 50 61 52 50 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Read 465 Write 386 Mixed 369 SusWrite 64.5 72% 321 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 78.7 4K Mixed 27.9 118% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 132 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 43.2 84% 163 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 190 183 194 182 193 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Read 2.7 Write 194 Mixed 3.2 SusWrite 186 69% 96.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.2 50% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Ramaxel RMR5030MN68F9F1600 Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44.1% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 11.7 44% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 15.2 SC Mixed 11.1 35% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 95.5 42% 95.5 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 44%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 24%

Surfboard

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

CPU
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	4x
Core i5-4430Intel $124Bench 65%, 24,837 samples	1x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	2x
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	1x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	1x

RAM
RMR5030MN68F9F1600 Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 12GBRamaxelBench 40%, 2 samples	2x
Aegis DDR3 1600 C11 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 54%, 530 samples	1x
Value DDR3 1333 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 48%, 4,667 samples	1x

Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $386

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16