Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	30.4% 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	102% 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 as expected (56^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 way above expectations (97^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 84.9 1-Core 99.7 2-Core 200 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 382 50% 375 Pts	64-Core 376 23% 376 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 2554) 2GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.4% Below average	Lighting 38.3 Reflection 34.9 Parallax 51.7 31% 41.6 fps	MRender 30.5 Gravity 32.7 Splatting 40 29% 34.4 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 143GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 353 313 310 303 310 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 442 Write 448 Mixed 364 SusWrite 329 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 71.7 4K Mixed 51.6 156% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 249 211% 309 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 39GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 145 145 145 144 121 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	90% Excellent	Read 469 Write 460 Mixed 285 SusWrite 159 77% 343 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 80.7 4K Mixed 42.6 150% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 174 175% 284 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 108%
Kingston SHSS37A240G 1TB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 395GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 87 87 85 86 85 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Read 110 Write 114 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 86.3 70% 94.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.9 185% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 78,181 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	55.2% Above average	MC Read 20 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 17.5 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 16.1 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 72 56% 72 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 55.2% 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 60%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	474x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	227x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	224x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	68x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	58x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 37,489 samples	50x

Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $313

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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16