Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	34.2% 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	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 8 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.

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Memory 87.3 1-Core 102 2-Core 201 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 342 8-Core 392 48% 367 Pts	64-Core 386 24% 386 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 3690) 2GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	34.2% Below average	Lighting 44.2 Reflection 43.6 Parallax 39.1 36% 42.3 fps	MRender 39.6 Gravity 39.6 Splatting 35 31% 38 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ct120bx3 0 120GB 116 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 98GB free Firmware: M2CR SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 236 237 237 237 185 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 457 Mixed 441 SusWrite 240 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 53.3 199% 78.6 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 220 178% 245 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 107%
Micron_1 100_MTFDDAK256TB 256GB 101 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 238GB free Firmware: M0M SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 241 244 249 247 241 MB/s Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	79.9% Very good	Read 261 Write 245 Mixed 240 SusWrite 236 55% 245 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 39.9 151% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 194 145% 192 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 103%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 384GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 114 119 123 127 124 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 98.3 Write 104 Mixed 70 SusWrite 120 72% 98.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 216% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Goodram GR1600D364L11/8G 1x8GB 1,283 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	32.2% Below average	MC Read 10.6 MC Write 11 MC Mixed 9.2 29% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 10.5 SC Mixed 9.9 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 34%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	125x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	76x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	70x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	31x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	30x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	25x

Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $337

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