Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17.3% 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	47.8% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$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)	81% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 79.3 2-Core 184 69% 118 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 403 55% 408 Pts	64-Core 409 25% 409 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Asus(1043 0468) ≥ 4GB CLim: 947 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.4.3 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.3% Very poor	Lighting 0.03 Reflection 56.6 Parallax 83.1 0% 46.6 fps	MRender 56.5 Gravity 53.9 Splatting 71.7 51% 60.7 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 17.3% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 1TB 9,059 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 697GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 421 406 404 365 103 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	47.8% Average	Read 227 Write 106 Mixed 89.3 SusWrite 351 43% 193 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 20.6 4K Mixed 11.9 56% 17.4 MB/s	DQ Read 13.6 DQ Write 14.8 DQ Mixed 14.4 11% 14.3 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 103%
CHN mSATAM3 512 512GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 361GB free Firmware: R1016A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 427 418 421 425 422 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Read 412 Write 427 Mixed 364 SusWrite 424 92% 407 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 19.9 140% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 47.2 92% 179 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 93%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 136 137 137 136 138 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	79.3% Very good	Read 140 Write 111 Mixed 75.8 SusWrite 137 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 139% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston ASU16D3LU1MNG/4G Samsung M378B5773CH0-CK0 Samsung M378B5773CH0-CK0 8GB 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	58.4% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 17.3 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 17.3 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 56%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	84x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	77x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	74x

Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $532

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