Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 66.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	23.5% 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	54.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 9 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.

Very high background CPU (99%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4440-$99 81,111 User benchmarks, average bench 61% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Memory 70.8 1-Core 84.5 2-Core 171 62% 109 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 370 48% 361 Pts	64-Core 364 22% 364 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 265-$105 8,934 User benchmarks, average bench 20% MSI(1462 3058) CLim: 955 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.9.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	23.5% Poor	Lighting 28.7 Reflection 30.4 Parallax 33.9 23% 31 fps	MRender 27.4 Gravity 22.5 Splatting 35.1 24% 28.4 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 23.5% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7PC256 256GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5H1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 190 198 195 184 202 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	Read 345 Write 221 Mixed 161 SusWrite 191 51% 229 MB/s	4K Read 14.6 4K Write 52.5 4K Mixed 20.3 76% 29.1 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 86.9 DQ Mixed 13.2 42% 95 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 77%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 223GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 154 156 154 155 160 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 132 Write 89.5 Mixed 69 SusWrite 154 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 112%
Seagate SkyHawk 2TB (2016)-$80 9,128 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 432GB free Firmware: CV12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 97 100 101 99 104 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	61% Good	Read 113 Write 103 Mixed 56 SusWrite 99.5 68% 92.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 17.5 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 12.3 SC Mixed 13 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 99.5 40% 99.5 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 65%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 66%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	56x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	37x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	35x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	23x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	16x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	15x

Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $230

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16