Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.89% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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 (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590S-$79 11,598 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 89.7 1-Core 109 2-Core 204 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 383 53% 394 Pts	64-Core 384 24% 384 Pts
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 79.5% 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% HP(103C 198E) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4889 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.89% Terrible	Lighting 3.8 Reflection 6.69 Parallax 6.84 3% 5.78 fps	MRender 9.24 Gravity 2.33 Splatting 7.96 5% 6.51 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.89% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 421GB free (System drive) Firmware: 18.01H18 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 103 72 109 117 118 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Read 109 Write 114 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 101 73% 98.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 78GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 82 82 79 70 83 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	42.6% Average	Read 68.3 Write 67.3 Mixed 45.6 SusWrite 80.1 48% 65.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 109% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT51264BA160B.C16F Samsung M378B5173DB0-CK0 8GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	MC Read 20 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 17.9 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 17.6 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 57%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 3%

Tree trunk

Desktop 62%

Destroyer

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	148x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples	75x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	37x

RAM
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 1x4GBMicronBench 28%, 7,085 samples	27x
HMT451U6BFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 28%, 5,816 samples	21x
M378B5173QH0-CK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 28%, 7,599 samples	15x

Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $122

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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