Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	8.38% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	62.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (72^nd 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)	79.3% Very good	Memory 89.9 1-Core 110 2-Core 211 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 393 53% 396 Pts	64-Core 401 25% 401 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 265-$105 8,934 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 3011) 2GB CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.12.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	8.38% Terrible	Lighting 6.8 Reflection 5.3 Parallax 25.2 6% 12.4 fps	MRender 7.1 Gravity 21.6 Splatting 20.2 14% 16.3 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 8.38% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 86 88 91 91 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 317 Write 125 Mixed 153 SusWrite 89.1 38% 171 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 92.4 4K Mixed 38.9 128% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 93.6 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 100 77% 104 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 470GB free Firmware: 03.01A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 118 123 123 123 123 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	39.6% Below average	Read 15.5 Write 69.7 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 122 50% 67.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.2 218% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 109%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0710 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 115 118 119 119 117 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	59.4% Above average	Read 90.9 Write 96.6 Mixed 84.3 SusWrite 116 72% 97.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.8 128% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 47,852 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	62.1% Good	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 18.5 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 20.4 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 62.1% 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 66%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	277x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	168x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	125x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	61x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	56x
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	28x

Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $334

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