Casper NIRVANA DESKTOP

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.72% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	82.8% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	Casper NIRVANA DESKTOP (all builds)
Motherboard	CASPER CASPER NIRVANA DESKTOP
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140808
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '17 at 20:50
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 109 2-Core 218 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 411 55% 413 Pts	64-Core 415 26% 415 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5500 5,613 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 254B) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	3.72% Terrible	Lighting 4.53 Reflection 5.73 Parallax 4 4% 4.75 fps	MRender 4.62 Gravity 3.43 Splatting 5.48 4% 4.51 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.72% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 120GB-$76 9,139 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 5847 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1897 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1198447790202 (A6) Unknown 100 100 14 (A7) Unknown 100 100 30 (A8) Unknown 100 100 76 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 39 (AE) Unknown 100 100 219 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 53 227633856545 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 6622962255696 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4606 (EA) Unknown 100 100 11460 (F1) Unknown 253 253 8077 (F2) Unknown 253 253 11087 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	82.8% Excellent	Read 449 Write 316 Mixed 293 78% 353 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 82.8 4K Mixed 21.2 124% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 34.6 73% 150 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 93%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$35 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 34GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 198 198 14367 (03) Spinup time 139 135 4008 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5568 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6995 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2316 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 294 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12316 (C2) HDA temperature 114 92 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 199 199 104 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (C8) Write error rate 200 199 0	47.3% Average	Read 87.9 Write 76.8 Mixed 106 69% 90.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.18 64% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5173QH0-CK0 M378B5173EB0-CK0 8GB 322 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.3% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.8 60% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 18.2 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 59%

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System: Casper NIRVANA DESKTOP

CPU
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	163x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	147x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	92x

GPU
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	99x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	53x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	46x

SSD
PLUS 240GBSandiskBench 45%, 86,316 samples	38x
TOSHIBA-TR200 240GBBench 71%, 36,832 samples	11x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	11x

RAM
CT102464BA160B.C16 1x8GBCrucialBench 30%, 12,839 samples	37x
M2F4G64CB88C7N-DI 2x4GBNanyaBench 53%, 1,438 samples	21x
M378B1G73QH0-CK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 29%, 7,106 samples	17x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $188

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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