Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. 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 73.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.6% 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	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.

PC Performing above expectations (67^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% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Memory 93.7 1-Core 102 2-Core 196 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 298 8-Core 340 42% 319 Pts	64-Core 380 24% 380 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 285-$189 6,276 User benchmarks, average bench 32% Gigabyte(1458 229D) 2GB CLim: 973 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.10.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	35.6% Below average	Lighting 45 Reflection 50.6 Parallax 59.6 37% 51.7 fps	MRender 50.1 Gravity 38.9 Splatting 36.1 34% 41.7 fps
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LS 120GB-$98 9,315 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 94GB free Firmware: S9FM02.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 77 72 73 73 74 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Read 463 Write 76.7 Mixed 168 SusWrite 73.9 42% 195 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 74.2 4K Mixed 12.4 92% 36.9 MB/s	DQ Read 109 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 10.4 35% 76.3 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 275GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 103 107 84 61 27 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 157 Write 157 Mixed 77.8 SusWrite 80.4 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GB-$35 38,490 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 17.9 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 17 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 67%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

Raft

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	27x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	22x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	20x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	10x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	10x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	8x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	19x
1600 CL9 Series 2x8GBUnknownBench 55%, 7,092 samples	12x
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	11x

Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $512

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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