Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	18.8% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 86 1-Core 115 2-Core 234 81% 145 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 598 65% 514 Pts	64-Core 592 37% 592 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Asus(1043 046C) CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.8.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	18.8% Very poor	Lighting 0.03 Reflection 61.1 Parallax 86.6 0% 49.3 fps	MRender 60.2 Gravity 59.9 Splatting 78 55% 66.1 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 18.8% Great: 55%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 411GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20.01H20 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 73 65 73 74 71 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	Read 116 Write 111 Mixed 66.5 SusWrite 71.1 67% 91.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 Samsung M378B5173EB0-CK0 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 Samsung M378B5173EB0-CK0 16GB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 16.8 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 20.3 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 71.3 56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 59%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 0%

Incomplete

Desktop 0%

Incomplete

Workstation 0%

Incomplete

CPU
Core i5-4570Intel $62Bench 62%, 129,272 samples	1x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	1x

RAM
HMT325U6BFR8C-H9 Samsung M378B5273DH0-CK0 6GBHynixBench 37%, 6 samples	1x

Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $77

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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