Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	22.9% 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)
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 (100^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 92.3 1-Core 99.9 2-Core 199 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 340 50% 367 Pts	64-Core 382 24% 382 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 265-$105 8,934 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Sapphire(174B A001) CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.9.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22.9% Poor	Lighting 27.5 Reflection 29.6 Parallax 32.4 22% 29.9 fps	MRender 27 Gravity 23.3 Splatting 34.7 24% 28.4 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 22.9% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: 96R9 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 393 Write 337 Mixed 99.1 61% 277 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 80 4K Mixed 20.2 105% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 105 120% 208 MB/s
Poor: 44% Great: 82%
Ccboot iSCSI 1TB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 341GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 28 32 27 32 29 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	11% Very poor	Read 57.8 Write 51.5 Mixed 63.1 SusWrite 29.6 11% 50.5 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 8.3 4K Mixed 7.7 21% 6.73 MB/s	DQ Read 2 DQ Write 7.5 DQ Mixed 2.7 3% 4.07 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11% Great: 125%
Ccboot iSCSI 8TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 2TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 28 32 27 32 29 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Poor: 12% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-064.A00LF 99U5471-054.A00LF 16GB 136 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	59.1% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 17.8 58% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 18.1 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 61%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	229x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples	198x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	120x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	68x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	38x
MX500 500GBCrucial $53Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	34x

RAM
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	39x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	36x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	30x

Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $315

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16