Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	150% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 108 2-Core 212 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 404 53% 400 Pts	64-Core 414 26% 414 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Lighting 81 Reflection 78.9 Parallax 69 66% 76.3 fps	MRender 75 Gravity 72.5 Splatting 75.1 61% 74.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 377GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 517 610 619 620 618 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	150% Outstanding	Read 703 Write 620 Mixed 599 SusWrite 542 138% 616 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 51.1 184% 68.8 MB/s	DQ Read 765 DQ Write 680 DQ Mixed 1,001 674% 815 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 340%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 790GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 174 178 177 178 179 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 178 Mixed 118 SusWrite 172 120% 164 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%
SAMSUNG 500GB 116 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 248GB free, PID 0621 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 107 106 107 106 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	42.9% Average	Read 104 Write 101 Mixed 40.4 SusWrite 106 117% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 70% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C10 2x8GB 3,028 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	MC Read 29.1 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 25.7 81% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 23.9 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 79%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	376x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	248x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	206x

Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

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