Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 67.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	30.6% 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	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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (61^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% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Memory 83.2 1-Core 75.9 2-Core 164 64% 108 Pts	4-Core 304 8-Core 282 40% 293 Pts	64-Core 337 21% 337 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E271) CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.5.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.6% Below average	Lighting 38.6 Reflection 34.6 Parallax 46.6 31% 39.9 fps	MRender 30.8 Gravity 32 Splatting 40.6 29% 34.5 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 245GB free (System drive) Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 77 68 65 69 81 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	Read 108 Write 143 Mixed 65.5 SusWrite 70 71% 96.7 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 109%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB-$59 47,815 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 80GB free Firmware: JP2OA39C SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 88 89 89 88 89 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 107 Write 106 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 88.2 65% 88.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMX4GX3M1A1600C9 0420 Kingston 9905471-011.A00LF 12GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1600, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	42.4% Average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 13.5 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 14 SC Mixed 13.6 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 74.9 53% 74.9 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 52%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 25%

Surfboard

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 20%

Surfboard

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	81x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	78x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	78x

RAM
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	96x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 27,462 samples	61x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	60x

Value: 50% - Average

Total price: $537

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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16