Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 62%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	45.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	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.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4440-$128 81,111 User benchmarks, average bench 61% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	62% Good	Memory 79 1-Core 71.5 2-Core 171 62% 107 Pts	4-Core 260 8-Core 269 35% 265 Pts	64-Core 282 18% 282 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% AMD(1002 0B00) ≥ 4GB CLim: 947 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02 Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	45.4% Average	Lighting 58.4 Reflection 67.9 Parallax 80.6 48% 69 fps	MRender 58.2 Gravity 54.6 Splatting 41.5 41% 51.4 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HTS725050A7E630 500GB-$125 56,661 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 428GB free (System drive) Firmware: GH2ZB550 SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 37 24 16 25 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	11.1% Very poor	Read 9.7 Write 21.5 Mixed 18.6 SusWrite 29 15% 19.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 17% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 11.1% Great: 72%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 920GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 196 194 195 192 195 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 159 Mixed 84.9 SusWrite 194 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Dark-1600 Kingston 9905471-011.A00LF 0423 Dark-1600 Kingston 9905471-011.A00LF 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1333, 1600, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.8% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 16.1 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 17 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 82.5 48% 82.5 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 54%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 52%

Yacht

Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 40%

Jet ski

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	24x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	22x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	17x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	16x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	5x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	5x

Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $450

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16