Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.46% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	50.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 as expected (55^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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 110 2-Core 215 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 405 54% 403 Pts	64-Core 402 25% 402 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 630 60,212 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Gigabyte(1458 3544) 2GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	3.46% Terrible	Lighting 4.27 Reflection 5.04 Parallax 3.5 4% 4.27 fps	MRender 5.67 Gravity 4.3 Splatting 3.09 3% 4.35 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.46% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingmax 120GB 120GB 2,908 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0911 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 99 99 100 99 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	Read 422 Write 113 Mixed 156 SusWrite 99.2 43% 198 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 17 4K Mixed 21.4 80% 22.5 MB/s	DQ Read 82.9 DQ Write 37.5 DQ Mixed 48.2 39% 56.2 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 86%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 363GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 119 118 120 117 120 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Read 112 Write 98.3 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 119 71% 96.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.8 166% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 18JSF51272AZ-1G6M1 2x4GB 110 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	62.8% Good	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 18.9 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 20.3 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 63%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

SSD
MX500 250GBCrucial $40Bench 101%, 77,177 samples	3x
PM851 2.5 7mm 512GBSamsungBench 71%, 527 samples	2x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	1x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 49%, 26,466 samples	4x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	2x
2x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 3,862 samples	1x

Value: 47% - Average

Total price: $318

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16