Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 67.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	30.3% 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	71.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (48^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 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Memory 80.7 1-Core 96.6 2-Core 194 71% 124 Pts	4-Core 315 8-Core 331 43% 323 Pts	64-Core 318 20% 318 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Asus(1043 047E) 3GB CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1300 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 21.5.2 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	30.3% Below average	Lighting 41.7 Reflection 19.1 Parallax 48.9 34% 36.6 fps	MRender 27.9 Gravity 38.2 Splatting 21.7 23% 29.3 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$45 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 186 180 185 180 181 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	71.6% Very good	Read 248 Write 235 Mixed 226 SusWrite 186 50% 224 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 63.4 4K Mixed 40.6 134% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 190 143% 191 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 128%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 51GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 92 94 93 92 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Read 87.2 Write 89.5 Mixed 58.7 SusWrite 92.8 60% 82.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 0215 CMX4GX3M1A1333C9 0215 CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 0215 CMX4GX3M1A1333C9 16GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 16.6 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 17.5 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 79.3 50% 79.3 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 54%

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	482x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	408x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	373x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	261x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	165x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	156x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	159x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	130x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 27,462 samples	87x

Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $317