Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 68.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	57.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	67.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (58^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 above expectations (81^st percentile)	68.8% Good	Memory 87.4 1-Core 100 2-Core 198 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 291 8-Core 302 39% 296 Pts	64-Core 359 22% 359 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 366A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Lighting 72.6 Reflection 73 Parallax 64.8 59% 70.1 fps	MRender 73.8 Gravity 67.6 Splatting 58.9 54% 66.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 76 59 56 61 53 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Read 451 Write 340 Mixed 320 SusWrite 84.3 67% 299 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 64.8 4K Mixed 33.1 116% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 88.5 DQ Mixed 112 104% 166 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 82%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 233GB free Firmware: GM4OA5CA SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 51 49 51 47 51 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	24.4% Poor	Read 34.6 Write 56.7 Mixed 31.5 SusWrite 50.4 32% 43.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.4 69% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 24.4% Great: 51%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 161GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 141 143 145 142 144 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 147 Write 138 Mixed 83.1 SusWrite 143 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 218% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8GX 16GB 783 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 15.5 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 15.5 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 62%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 66%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	277x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	168x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	125x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	61x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	56x
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	28x

Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $334

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