Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.08% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	97.3% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 116 2-Core 221 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 426 58% 432 Pts	64-Core 412 26% 412 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 240 58,337 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Sapphire(174B E263) ≥ 4GB CLim: 780 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	6.08% Terrible	Lighting 7.4 Reflection 8.77 Parallax 9.12 6% 8.43 fps	MRender 7.52 Gravity 6.33 Splatting 8.39 6% 7.42 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.08% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 409 410 370 419 377 416 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Read 363 Write 414 Mixed 293 SusWrite 400 83% 368 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 35.2 146% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 249 207% 295 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 101%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 64GB-$72 6,221 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 19GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 205 202 207 208 205 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 234 Write 195 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 205 224% 174 MB/s	4K Read 12 4K Write 9.7 4K Mixed 7.6 633% 9.77 MB/s	DQ Read 11.7 DQ Write 9.2 DQ Mixed 8.7 652% 9.87 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 1x8GB 2,677 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	29.8% Poor	MC Read 9.4 MC Write 9.8 MC Mixed 8.6 26% 9.27 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 9.7 SC Mixed 9.4 26% 9.13 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 34%

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