Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.9% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	90.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4440-$99 81,111 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 92.2 1-Core 94.7 2-Core 187 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 363 49% 366 Pts	64-Core 351 22% 351 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT 20,826 User benchmarks, average bench 4% XFX(1682 2365) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.01 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	4.9% Terrible	Lighting 5.9 Reflection 8.62 Parallax 1.91 5% 5.47 fps	MRender 8.76 Gravity 4 Splatting 6.09 5% 6.28 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.9% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M6S 128GB-$106 3,356 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.09 SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 294 306 311 298 309 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Read 443 Write 314 Mixed 274 SusWrite 304 75% 334 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 80.4 4K Mixed 33.5 130% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 197 185% 289 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 100%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$39 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 31GB free Firmware: D005SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 96 98 99 96 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 80.4 Write 79.2 Mixed 47.3 SusWrite 97.1 56% 76 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 136% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 58%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$60 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC52 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 142 145 145 141 146 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Read 146 Write 114 Mixed 66.1 SusWrite 144 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905584-032.A00LF KHX1600C10D3/4G 8GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	58.5% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 17.7 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 18.1 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 58%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 57%

Gunboat

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	33x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples	27x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	16x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	17x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	13x
PLUS 240GBSandiskBench 45%, 86,316 samples	8x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	7x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 32%, 29,968 samples	6x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	6x

Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $63

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16