Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	38.1% 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	102% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97N-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140603
Uptime	12 Days
Run Date	Jul 29 '18 at 21:26
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 120 2-Core 241 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 476 64% 477 Pts	64-Core 475 29% 475 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% MSI(1462 2775) 3GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	38.1% Below average	Lighting 49.9 Reflection 33.2 Parallax 62.9 41% 48.6 fps	MRender 31.6 Gravity 48.5 Splatting 40.8 33% 40.3 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 280 280 256 204 207 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 344 Mixed 327 SusWrite 260 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 45.8 168% 64.5 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 192 174% 263 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 103%
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 88GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 360 347 364 363 364 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 363 Mixed 319 SusWrite 360 87% 390 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 46.6 172% 66.2 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 196 175% 261 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 103%
Seagate ST1500LM006 HN-M151RAD 1.5TB 4,004 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1TB free Firmware: 2BC10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 104 103 104 103 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	Read 101 Write 73.7 Mixed 58 SusWrite 102 62% 83.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.8 197% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-894.A00LF 2x8GB 75 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 16.9 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 17.3 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 54%

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 36%

Jet ski

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	26x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	21x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	14x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	25x
TridentX DDR3 1866 C8 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 946 samples	10x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	8x

Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $576

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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