Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 72.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	31.3% 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	106% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97M Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140613
Uptime	14.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 26 '18 at 01:50
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Memory 87.4 1-Core 92.9 2-Core 178 70% 119 Pts	4-Core 336 8-Core 340 45% 338 Pts	64-Core 357 22% 357 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% XFX(1682 3001) 3GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.12.1 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31.3% Below average	Lighting 40.9 Reflection 27.2 Parallax 51.1 33% 39.7 fps	MRender 26.4 Gravity 39.4 Splatting 33.7 27% 33.2 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 254 221 203 198 187 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 456 Write 435 Mixed 351 SusWrite 237 83% 370 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 55.3 182% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 680GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 152 145 150 152 153 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 139 Mixed 98.8 SusWrite 151 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 227% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 108%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 148 147 150 151 151 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Read 158 Write 151 Mixed 97.5 SusWrite 149 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 47,852 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.3% Below average	MC Read 10.3 MC Write 11.3 MC Mixed 8.9 29% 10.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 8.8 25% 8.7 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 62%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	20x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	18x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	13x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	16x
KHX1600C10D3/8G Hynix 8G1600CL11 16GBKingstonBench 58%, 7 samples	6x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	6x

Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $602

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