Apple iMac15,1

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 70.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	21.3% 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	93.6% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Apple iMac15,1 (all builds)
Motherboard	Apple Mac-42FD25EABCABB274
Memory	15.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	5120 x 2880 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180411
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '18 at 14:36
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	LVA-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Memory 78.3 1-Core 102 2-Core 202 72% 128 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 359 49% 364 Pts	64-Core 370 23% 370 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 M290 93 User benchmarks, average bench 21% Apple(106B 0139) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.11.4 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	21.3% Poor	Lighting 25.9 Reflection 27.6 Parallax 33.3 21% 28.9 fps	MRender 24.7 Gravity 19.8 Splatting 32.5 22% 25.6 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 24%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 300GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 333 341 336 339 329 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 385 Mixed 382 SusWrite 338 88% 394 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 78.3 4K Mixed 34.3 125% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 337 257% 348 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 124%
TOSHIBA STOR.E PARTNER 1TB 758 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 131GB free, PID b001 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6 8.2 8 8 7.9 8.1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	3% Terrible	Read 7 Write 5 Mixed 6.3 SusWrite 7.7 9% 6.5 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 7% 0.07 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 3% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 0x384B54463531323634485A2D314736453220 0x802C 0x384B54463531323634485A2D314736453220 0x859B 0x435438473353313630424D2E4D3136464E00 0x859B 0x435438473353313630424D2E4D3136464E00 24GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.8% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 17.1 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 17.8 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 83.8 48% 83.8 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 60%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical iMac15,1 Builds (Compare 34 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 86%

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Workstation 20%

Surfboard

System: Apple iMac15,1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	14x
Core i5-4690Intel $52Bench 67%, 73,695 samples	13x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	7x

GPU
R9 M290XAMDBench 22%, 1,411 samples	17x
RADEON R9 M295XAMDBench 30%, 158 samples	10x
R9 M290AMDBench 21%, 93 samples	7x

SSD
SM1024G PCIe 1TBAppleBench 169%, 404 samples	2x
Portable SSD T5 1TBSamsungBench 77%, 13,039 samples	2x
SM1024F 1TBAppleBench 82%, 15 samples	1x

RAM
0x384B54463531323634485A2D314736453220 2x4GBUnknownBench 56%, 154 samples	8x
0x31364B544631473634485A2D314736453220 2x8GBUnknownBench 56%, 50 samples	3x
0x484D54343147533641465238412D50422020 2x8GBUnknownBench 63%, 311 samples	2x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $348

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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