Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.97% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	78% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590S-$79 11,598 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Memory 81.5 1-Core 109 2-Core 204 75% 132 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 379 51% 380 Pts	64-Core 389 24% 389 Pts
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Fijitsu Siemens(1734 11E7) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.97% Terrible	Lighting 3.97 Reflection 6.54 Parallax 6.91 3% 5.8 fps	MRender 9.24 Gravity 2.37 Splatting 7.91 5% 6.51 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.97% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Burst 240GB 26,886 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 173GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 333 96 78 77 78 77 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	78% Very good	Read 438 Write 311 Mixed 327 SusWrite 123 67% 300 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 72.6 4K Mixed 34.2 135% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 179 160% 238 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 94%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA660 500GB 17,638 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 453GB free Firmware: JP2OA41A SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 136 137 137 137 137 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Read 134 Write 126 Mixed 67 SusWrite 136 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5673EH1-CH9 M378B5673GB0-CH9 M378B5673EH1-CH9 M378B5673GB0-CH9 8GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 16.3 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 18.8 50% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 77.8 51% 77.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 53%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Destroyer

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	36x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples	25x
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	7x

SSD
Burst 240GBPatriotBench 73%, 26,886 samples	7x
A400 120GBKingston $30Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	5x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	5x

RAM
M378B5173QH0-CK0 2x4GBSamsungBench 51%, 13,591 samples	9x
M378B1G73QH0-CK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 29%, 7,106 samples	3x
HMT351U6EFR8C-PB Samsung M378B5173DB0-CK0 Samsung M378B5273DH0-CK0 Micron 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 16GBHynixBench 56%, 3 samples	3x

Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $114

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