Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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.

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$99 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 104 2-Core 198 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 397 52% 394 Pts	64-Core 396 24% 396 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 72%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Vaseky V800/120G 120GB 655 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: FW191129 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 443 Write 365 Mixed 192 74% 334 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 12.2 4K Mixed 5.7 42% 12.2 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 16.6 DQ Mixed 9.5 21% 46.9 MB/s
Poor: 37% Great: 80%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 277GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 65 68 63 66 67 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	43.7% Average	Read 86.7 Write 79.4 Mixed 60 SusWrite 65.5 54% 72.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 5,025 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	63.7% Good	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 19.7 63% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 21 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 59.2 68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.7% 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 61%

Destroyer

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	53x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	41x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	29x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	25x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	19x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	14x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	35x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	24x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	11x

Value: 50% - Average

Total price: $384

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