Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (97th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 3 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 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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	65.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 way above expectations (97^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 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 110 2-Core 184 78% 130 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 424 57% 426 Pts	64-Core 427 26% 427 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 510 Series 250GB 777 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 197GB free (System drive) Firmware: PWG4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 317 316 314 316 316 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Read 432 Write 314 Mixed 293 SusWrite 301 75% 335 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 46.6 4K Mixed 24.2 88% 30.7 MB/s	DQ Read 79.3 DQ Write 48.6 DQ Mixed 51.8 42% 59.9 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 65%
WD WD10EVVS-63M5B0 1TB 1,639 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 746GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 98 96 97 97 95 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	Read 109 Write 100 Mixed 51.3 SusWrite 94.6 65% 88.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-197.A00LF 4x4GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	65.1% Good	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 20.4 64% 22.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 21 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 65%

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%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	200x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	192x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	159x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	70x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	68x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	64x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	107x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	63x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 27,462 samples	43x

Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $277

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16