Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 67.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	33.7% 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	82.9% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (71%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (48^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 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Memory 81.1 1-Core 85.9 2-Core 200 69% 123 Pts	4-Core 319 8-Core 310 42% 314 Pts	64-Core 328 20% 328 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8521) 2GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	33.7% Below average	Lighting 43.6 Reflection 42.2 Parallax 41.8 36% 42.6 fps	MRender 39 Gravity 37.9 Splatting 34.1 30% 37 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 111 112 110 110 112 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Read 386 Write 320 Mixed 297 SusWrite 120 63% 281 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 81.1 4K Mixed 37.6 145% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 332 255% 348 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 513GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 107 124 61 49 50 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	Read 104 Write 116 Mixed 69.2 SusWrite 82.9 68% 92.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.2 56% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 27,024 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 16.6 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 12.7 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 78.5 51% 78.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 63%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 39%

Jet ski

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	56x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	31x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	20x

Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $628

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