Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 62.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	3.99% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	52.5% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570S 11,172 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Memory 63 1-Core 103 2-Core 116 58% 94.1 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 298 47% 335 Pts	64-Core 350 22% 350 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.6% 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% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4264 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.99% Terrible	Lighting 3.87 Reflection 6.5 Parallax 6.81 3% 5.73 fps	MRender 10.1 Gravity 2.3 Splatting 7.96 6% 6.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.99% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT09B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 36 38 35 48 78 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	52.5% Above average	Read 336 Write 28.7 Mixed 91.4 SusWrite 45.9 27% 126 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 41.7 4K Mixed 17.3 94% 30.7 MB/s	DQ Read 331 DQ Write 55.1 DQ Mixed 46.8 72% 144 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 73%
WD Black 2.5" 500GB (2011)-$50 12,013 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 334GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 108 108 106 108 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 113 Write 106 Mixed 66 SusWrite 108 72% 98.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 182% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 65%
WD Black 2.5" 500GB (2011)-$50 12,013 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 290GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 111 112 113 110 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 114 Write 86.7 Mixed 72.2 SusWrite 112 71% 96.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Performance DDR3 1600 C9 4x2GB 379 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	61.1% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 20.2 63% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 21 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 119 34% 119 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 63%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 65%

Destroyer

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	87x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	45x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	40x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	35x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	25x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	16x

Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $247

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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16