Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding SSD
Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 57.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	30.8% is a below average 3D score (GTX 1070 = 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

PC Performing as expected (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Extreme
Intel Core i5-4460-$186 133,868 User benchmarks, average bench 53% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	57.3% Above average	1-Core 95 2-Core 184 66% 139 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 364 49% 361 Pts	64-Core 363 24% 363 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$155 428,583 User benchmarks, average bench 31% MSI(1462 8C96) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	30.8% Below average	Lighting 120 Reflection 82.1 Parallax 120 31% 107 fps	MRender 79.7 Gravity 117 Splatting 85.8 30% 94.3 fps
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$21 239,531 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 53 32 59 93 100 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	21.9% Poor	Read 11.2 Write 67.7 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 64.7 37% 49.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 78%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$59 191,245 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 263GB free Firmware: CC35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 88 87 88 87 83 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	44.4% Average	Read 67.5 Write 81 Mixed 59.8 SusWrite 87.1 54% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 154% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$21 239,531 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 87GB free Firmware: KC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 85 81 83 83 83 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	52.3% Above average	Read 97 Write 88.7 Mixed 32 SusWrite 83.5 55% 75.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 6.6 4K Mixed 0.5 207% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 78%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G 99U5471-054.A00LF 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	56.8% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 17.6 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 17.1 46% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 57%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 47%

Yacht

Desktop 52%

Yacht

Workstation 29%

Raft

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $60Bench 53%, 196,833 samples	613x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $70Bench 105%, 496,833 samples	546x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $84Bench 63%, 85,578 samples	265x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 50%, 51,430 samples	341x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 56%, 39,925 samples	334x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 32%, 18,665 samples	330x

Value: 50% - Average

Total price: $576

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $70	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $88
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $799	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $64	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24