Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	85.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 88.1 1-Core 104 2-Core 204 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 326 50% 359 Pts	64-Core 361 22% 361 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$175 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 112GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 255 308 274 247 260 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Read 356 Write 393 Mixed 302 SusWrite 268 74% 330 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 81.7 4K Mixed 35.9 131% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 169 170% 276 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 116%
Intel Raid 5 Volume 42TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 200% 17TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 520 495 536 511 483 515 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	277% Outstanding	Read 452 Write 325 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 510 246% 342 MB/s	4K Read 6.9 4K Write 7.1 4K Mixed 1.3 563% 5.1 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 277% Great: 294%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905584-027.A00LF KHX1866C10D3/4G 9905584-027.A00LF KHX1866C10D3/4G 16GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	58% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.2 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 18 48% 17 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	40x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	30x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 58%, 8,730 samples	26x

Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $898